Patents by Inventor Benjamin James Keen

Benjamin James Keen 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).

  • Fault management in a distributed computer system
    Patent number: 11966292
    Abstract: In some examples, a distributed computer system includes a plurality of computer nodes, where the plurality of computer nodes include respective programs to cooperate to perform a workload. A first computer node includes a communication proxy between the program of the first computer node and a communication library that supports communications between the program of the first computer node and the programs of other computer nodes of the plurality of computer nodes, and a fault management service to monitor a health of the other computer nodes, and in response to a detection of a fault of a second computer node of the plurality of computer nodes, relaunch the communication proxy. The relaunched communication proxy selects, from a plurality of states, a common state to which the programs are to roll back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Nicholas Hill, Peter J. Mendygral, Kent D. Lee, Benjamin James Keen
  • FAULT MANAGEMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230385152
    Abstract: In some examples, a distributed computer system includes a plurality of computer nodes, where the plurality of computer nodes include respective programs to cooperate to perform a workload. A first computer node includes a communication proxy between the program of the first computer node and a communication library that supports communications between the program of the first computer node and the programs of other computer nodes of the plurality of computer nodes, and a fault management service to monitor a health of the other computer nodes, and in response to a detection of a fault of a second computer node of the plurality of computer nodes, relaunch the communication proxy. The relaunched communication proxy selects, from a plurality of states, a common state to which the programs are to roll back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Hill, Peter J. Mendygral, Kent D. Lee, Benjamin James Keen