Patents by Inventor Norman Bobroff

Norman Bobroff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11537932
    Abstract: Techniques facilitating guiding machine learning models and related components are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises identifying, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a set of models, wherein the set of models includes respective model components; determining, by the device, one or more model relations among the respective model components, wherein the one or more model relations respectively comprise a vector of component relations between respective pairwise ones of the model components; and suggesting, by the device, a subset of the set of models based on a mapping of the component relations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Alan Braz, Martin Hirzel, Todd Mummert, Peter Westerink
  • Patent number: 10929287
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, periodically monitor, with a processing system, information related to an application's memory usage including a maximum heap memory size and a garbage collection activity level. Based on determining that the garbage collection activity level is below a first threshold, releasing memory from the application by reducing the maximum heap memory size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Arun Iyengar, Peter Westerink
  • Publication number: 20190294540
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, periodically monitor, with a processing system, information related to an application's memory usage including a maximum heap memory size and a garbage collection activity level. Based on determining that the garbage collection activity level is below a first threshold, releasing memory from the application by reducing the maximum heap memory size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman BOBROFF, Arun IYENGAR, Peter WESTERINK
  • Patent number: 10372604
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, periodically monitor, with a processing system, information related to an application's memory usage including a maximum heap memory size, an in use heap memory size, and a garbage collection activity level. Based on determining that the garbage collection activity level is below a first threshold, estimating an amount of memory that can be released from the application by reducing the maximum heap memory size. Based on determining that the estimated amount of memory that can be released from the application is above a second threshold, attempting to release memory from the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Arun Iyengar, Peter Westerink
  • Publication number: 20190180199
    Abstract: Techniques facilitating guiding machine learning models and related components are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises identifying, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a set of models, wherein the set of models includes respective model components; determining, by the device, one or more model relations among the respective model components, wherein the one or more model relations respectively comprise a vector of component relations between respective pairwise ones of the model components; and suggesting, by the device, a subset of the set of models based on a mapping of the component relations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Alan Braz, Martin Hirzel, Todd Mummert, Peter Westerink
  • Patent number: 10198351
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Arun Iyengar, Peter Westerink
  • Publication number: 20180357161
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, periodically monitor, with a processing system, information related to an application's memory usage including a maximum heap memory size, an in use heap memory size, and a garbage collection activity level. Based on determining that the garbage collection activity level is below a first threshold, estimating an amount of memory that can be released from the application by reducing the maximum heap memory size. Based on determining that the estimated amount of memory that can be released from the application is above a second threshold, attempting to release memory from the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Norman BOBROFF, Arun IYENGAR, Peter WESTERINK
  • Patent number: 10061529
    Abstract: A method and structure for dynamic memory re-allocation for an application runtime environment (ARE) includes receiving, through an interface of an application runtime environment (ARE), a first set of internal operational metrics of the ARE executing at a current setting S1 on a processor of a computer. A first performance P1 of the ARE is determined at the current setting S1 using the received first set of internal operation metrics. The current setting S1 of the ARE is varied to a new setting S2. A second set of internal operational metrics of the ARE executing at the new setting S2 is received through the interface of the ARE. A second performance P2 of the ARE is determined at the new setting S2, using the received second set of internal operation metrics. A memory allocation for the ARE is re-allocated, based on the determined performances P1 and P2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Liana Liyow Fong, Peter Hans Westerink
  • Patent number: 10037274
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Arun Iyengar, Peter Westerink
  • Publication number: 20180046572
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman BOBROFF, Arun IYENGAR, Peter WESTERINK
  • Publication number: 20180046573
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Norman BOBROFF, Arun IYENGAR, Peter WESTERINK
  • Patent number: 9836394
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Arun Iyengar, Peter Westerink
  • Patent number: 9836328
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one processor executing a method for managing memory among a plurality of concurrently-running virtual machines, and a non-transitory memory device that stores a set of computer readable instructions for implementing and executing said memory management method. A memory optimization mechanism can reduce a memory usage of a virtual machine at a cost of increasing a central processing unit (CPU) usage. Information on a memory usage and a CPU usage of each virtual machine is periodically collected. When a first virtual machine exhibits high memory use, at least one second virtual machine with an extra CPU capacity is identified. A memory optimization mechanism is applied to the second virtual machine to reduce memory used by the second virtual machine, thereby providing a portion of freed memory that is then allocated to the first virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Michael Hilton Dawson, Liana Liyow Fong, Arun Kwangil Iyengar, Peter Hans Westerink
  • Patent number: 9619378
    Abstract: A method for allocating memory among a plurality of computing systems includes assigning a free memory threshold to each computing system, dynamically varying at least one free memory threshold for at least one computing system based on a past memory usage of the at least one computing system, periodically monitoring each computing system for memory usage and in response to the monitoring determining that an amount of free memory for the computer system is below the free memory threshold for the computing system, allocating memory from the free memory pool to the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Arun Kwangil Iyengar, Peter Hans Westerink
  • Publication number: 20170052730
    Abstract: A method and structure for dynamic memory re-allocation for an application runtime environment (ARE) includes receiving, through an interface of an application runtime environment (ARE), a first set of internal operational metrics of the ARE executing at a current setting S1 on a processor of a computer. A first performance P1 of the ARE is determined at the current setting S1 using the received first set of internal operation metrics. The current setting S1 of the ARE is varied to a new setting S2. A second set of internal operational metrics of the ARE executing at the new setting S2 is received through the interface of the ARE. A second performance P2 of the ARE is determined at the new setting S2, using the received second set of internal operation metrics. A memory allocation for the ARE is re-allocated, based on the determined performances P1 and P2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Liana Liyow FONG, Peter Hans WESTERINK
  • Publication number: 20170010963
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman BOBROFF, Arun IYENGAR, Peter WESTERINK
  • Patent number: 9471225
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Arun Iyengar, Peter Westerink
  • Patent number: 9459894
    Abstract: A method and structure for dynamic memory re-allocation for an application runtime environment (ARE) includes receiving, through an interface of an application runtime environment (ARE), a first set of internal operational metrics of the ARE executing at a current setting S1 on a processor of a computer. A first performance P1 of the ARE is determined at the current setting S1 using the received first set of internal operation metrics. The current setting S1 of the ARE is varied to a new setting S2. A second set of internal operational metrics of the ARE executing at the new setting S2 is received through the interface of the ARE. A second performance P2 of the ARE is determined at the new setting S2, using the received second set of internal operation metrics. A memory allocation for the ARE is re-allocated, based on the determined performances P1 and P2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Liana Liyow Fong, Peter Hans Westernick
  • Patent number: 9430289
    Abstract: A method (and system) for managing memory among virtual machines in a system having a plurality of virtual machines, includes providing at least one memory optimization mechanism which can reduce memory usage of a virtual machine at a cost of increasing CPU usage. Information on memory usage and CPU usage of each virtual machine is periodically collected. In response to detecting that a first virtual machine exhibits a high level of memory use, at least one second virtual machine with extra CPU capacity is identified. The at least one memory optimization mechanism is applied to the at least one second virtual machine, to reduce memory used by the at least one second virtual machine, thereby providing a portion of freed memory. The portion of freed memory is then allocated to the first virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Michael Hilton Dawson, Liana Liyow Fong, Arun Kwangil Iyengar, Peter Hans Westerink
  • Publication number: 20160110225
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one processor executing a method for managing memory among a plurality of concurrently-running virtual machines, and a non-transitory memory device that stores a set of computer readable instructions for implementing and executing said memory management method. A memory optimization mechanism can reduce a memory usage of a virtual machine at a cost of increasing a central processing unit (CPU) usage. Information on a memory usage and a CPU usage of each virtual machine is periodically collected. When a first virtual machine exhibits high memory use, at least one second virtual machine with an extra CPU capacity is identified. A memory optimization mechanism is applied to the second virtual machine to reduce memory used by the second virtual machine, thereby providing a portion of freed memory that is then allocated to the first virtual machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Norman Bobroff, Michael Hilton Dawson, Liana Liyow Fong, Arun Kwangil Iyengar, Peter Hans Westerink