Patents by Inventor BENJAMIN C. NOWAK

BENJAMIN C. NOWAK 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).

  • Hardware level generated interrupts indicating load balancing status for a node in a virtualized computing environment
    Patent number: 9584597
    Abstract: A computing node includes at least one hardware layer comprising a plurality of hardware resources and at least one virtualization layer operative to manage at one virtual machine defined by at least one resource from among the plurality of hardware resources. The computing node includes load balancing interrupt logic configured in the hardware layer of the node. The load balancing interrupt logic is operative to compare at least one resource utilization level of the plurality of hardware resources by the at least one virtual machine with at least one threshold. The load balancing interrupt logic is operative to generate at least one load balancing interrupt indicating at least one load balancing status of the computing node based on the comparison of the at least one resource utilization level with the at least one threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norman K. James, Benjamin C. Nowak, Mark W. Vanderwiele
  • HARDWARE LEVEL GENERATED INTERRUPTS INDICATING LOAD BALANCING STATUS FOR A NODE IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20160205181
    Abstract: A computing node includes at least one hardware layer comprising a plurality of hardware resources and at least one virtualization layer operative to manage at one virtual machine defined by at least one resource from among the plurality of hardware resources. The computing node includes load balancing interrupt logic configured in the hardware layer of the node. The load balancing interrupt logic is operative to compare at least one resource utilization level of the plurality of hardware resources by the at least one virtual machine with at least one threshold. The load balancing interrupt logic is operative to generate at least one load balancing interrupt indicating at least one load balancing status of the computing node based on the comparison of the at least one resource utilization level with the at least one threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: NORMAN K. JAMES, BENJAMIN C. NOWAK, MARK W. VANDERWIELE
  • Hardware level generated interrupts indicating load balancing status for a node in a virtualized computing environment
    Patent number: 9294557
    Abstract: A computing node includes at least one hardware layer comprising a plurality of hardware resources and at least one virtualization layer operative to manage at one virtual machine defined by at least one resource from among the plurality of hardware resources. The computing node includes load balancing interrupt logic configured in the hardware layer of the node. The load balancing interrupt logic is operative to compare at least one resource utilization level of the plurality of hardware resources by the at least one virtual machine with at least one threshold. The load balancing interrupt logic is operative to generate at least one load balancing interrupt indicating at least one load balancing status of the computing node based on the comparison of the at least one resource utilization level with the at least one threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norman K. James, Benjamin C. Nowak, Mark W. Vanderwiele
  • HARDWARE LEVEL GENERATED INTERRUPTS INDICATING LOAD BALANCING STATUS FOR A NODE IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140317265
    Abstract: A computing node includes at least one hardware layer comprising a plurality of hardware resources and at least one virtualization layer operative to manage at one virtual machine defined by at least one resource from among the plurality of hardware resources. The computing node includes load balancing interrupt logic configured in the hardware layer of the node. The load balancing interrupt logic is operative to compare at least one resource utilization level of the plurality of hardware resources by the at least one virtual machine with at least one threshold. The load balancing interrupt logic is operative to generate at least one load balancing interrupt indicating at least one load balancing status of the computing node based on the comparison of the at least one resource utilization level with the at least one threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: NORMAN K. JAMES, BENJAMIN C. NOWAK, MARK W. VANDERWIELE