The idea of the present invention is to provide a challenge-response mechanism to acquire work scope split range information from the application's Work Scope Split component of the over-utilized resource. By using the work scope split range information, the provisioning system is able to add a new resource,...http://www.google.de/patents/US8103774?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8103774 - System and method for load-balancing in a resource infrastructure running application programs