In a loosely coupled multiprocessor environment wherein a plurality of processors (2) are attached to a shared intelligent memory (1), a distributed scheduling mechanism for scheduling of source processors (4) with respective server processes (5) to be executed by the processors (2) upon their attachment...http://www.google.de/patents/US5428781?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5428781 - Distributed mechanism for the fast scheduling of shared objects and apparatus