Patents by Inventor Richard N. Bromberg

Richard N. Bromberg 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).

  • Method and apparatus for logging database performance characteristics
    Patent number: 6052694
    Abstract: The invention comprises a system and method for monitoring and logging performance characteristics of a database (18). According to one aspect of the invention, a method of monitoring and logging the performance of a database (18) comprises initiating a database performance monitoring session, repeatedly obtaining selected performance data comprising at least one performance value comprising a measure of the performance of the database (18), and logging the performance data to a storage medium (20) operable to facilitate subsequent retrieval of a subset (222) of the selected performance values for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Richard N. Bromberg
  • Application and method for benchmarking a database server
    Patent number: 5819066
    Abstract: A benchmarking application for testing the performance of a database server (14) includes a plurality of execution parameters (82) and a program (78) operable to read the execution parameters (82). Processes (56, 58, 60) are generated by the program (78) in accordance with the execution parameters (82). Each process (56, 58, 60) represents a user (16, 18, 20) of the database server (14) and generates benchmark transactions (108) for submission to the database server (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Richard N. Bromberg, Richard W. Kupcunas