Patents by Inventor Andrew Rist

Andrew Rist 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 mechanism for profiling a system
    Patent number: 6760684
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and mechanism for sizing a hardware system for a software workload. An aspect is directed to modeling a workload into a set of generic system activities, in which the generic system activities are not directly tied to a specific hardware platform. Another aspect is directed to profiling hardware systems or hardware components into the generic system activities. Suitable hardware systems or components are selected by analyzing the workload and hardware profiles in terms of the generic system activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Tao-Heng Yang, Andrew Rist
  • Method and mechanism for profiling a system
    Patent number: 6542854
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and mechanism for sizing a hardware system for a software workload. An aspect is directed to modeling a workload into a set of generic system activities, in which the generic system activities are not directly tied to a specific hardware platform. Another aspect is directed to profiling hardware systems or hardware components into the generic system activities. Suitable hardware systems or components are selected by analyzing the workload and hardware profiles in terms of the generic system activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Oracle Corporation
    Inventors: Tao-Heng Yang, Andrew Rist
  • METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR PROFILING A SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20020099521
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and mechanism for sizing a hardware system for a software workload. An aspect is directed to modeling a workload into a set of generic system activities, in which the generic system activities are not directly tied to a specific hardware platform. Another aspect is directed to profiling hardware systems or hardware components into the generic system activities. Suitable hardware systems or components are selected by analyzing the workload and hardware profiles in terms of the generic system activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: TAO-HENG YANG, ANDREW RIST
  • Method and system for determining the performance characteristics of a computer system
    Patent number: 5848270
    Abstract: A system and method for modeling the size of a computer system. In one embodiment, the present invention receives selected workload information which indicates the expected performance requirements for a desired computer system. The present invention calculates the busy time and a utilization percentage for a central processing unit which is subjected to the selected workload. The present invention also calculates the minimum amount of memory and the mass storage requirements for a modeled computer system subjected to the selected workload and wherein the modeled computer system is equipped with the aforementioned central processing unit. In so doing, the present invention indicates the processor, memory, and mass storage requirements for a computer system without requiring that the computer system actually be constructed and tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Oracle Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. DeLuca, Andrew Rist