Patents by Inventor Alan HOURIHANE

Alan HOURIHANE 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).

  • Publication number: 20240110243
    Abstract: A method to predict a propensity of an infant to develop atopic dermatitis. The method includes observing the expression of S100A8/A9 on a skin area of an infant; comparing the expression to determined standard, wherein the determined standard is ascertained by measuring a level of the biomarker in a subject or pool of subjects who have demonstrated an absence of atopic dermatitis; and determining the propensity of an infant to develop atopic dermatitis, wherein an increase in the expression as compared to the determined standard indicates propensity of the infant to develop atopic dermatitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Georgios Stamatas, Thierry Oddos, Takahiro Sato, Jonathan Hourihane, Alan D. Irvine, Richard A. Insel
  • Patent number: 9142004
    Abstract: Methods, techniques, and systems for dynamically allocating graphics processing units among virtual machines are provided. Example embodiments provide a dynamic GPU allocation system (“DGAS”), which enables the efficient allocation of physical GPU resources to one or more virtual machines. In one embodiment, the DGAS comprises virtualization logic running on a server computing system that computes GPU benefit factors for the virtual machines on a dynamic basis, and combines the computed GBFs with static priorities to determine a ranked ordering of virtual machines. The available GPU resources are then allocated to some subset of these ranked virtual machines as physical GPU capacity is matched with the requirements of the subset. Physical GPU resources are then allocated to the subset of virtual machines that have the highest promise of GPU utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Salim Abiezzi, Jose Fonseca, Mark Sheldon, Alan Hourihane
  • Publication number: 20140176583
    Abstract: Methods, techniques, and systems for dynamically allocating graphics processing units among virtual machines are provided. Example embodiments provide a dynamic GPU allocation system (“DGAS”), which enables the efficient allocation of physical GPU resources to one or more virtual machines. In one embodiment, the DGAS comprises virtualization logic running on a server computing system that computes GPU benefit factors for the virtual machines on a dynamic basis, and combines the computed GBFs with static priorities to determine a ranked ordering of virtual machines. The available GPU resources are then allocated to some subset of these ranked virtual machines as physical GPU capacity is matched with the requirements of the subset. Physical GPU resources are then allocated to the subset of virtual machines that have the highest promise of GPU utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Salim ABIEZZI, Jose FONSECA, Mark SHELDON, Alan HOURIHANE