Patents by Inventor Brendan T. Butler

Brendan T. Butler 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).

  • Data center energy manager for monitoring power usage in a data storage environment having a power monitor and a monitor module for correlating associative information associated with power consumption
    Patent number: 8756441
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring power usage in a data storage environment, the system comprising a data storage system, a power monitor coupled to the data storage system and configured to monitor power consumption of the data storage system, a database in communication with the power monitor in order to communicate the monitored power consumption to the database, and computer-executable program code operating in memory coupled with a processor in communication with the database, wherein the computer-executable program code is configured to enable a processor to execute logic to receive power consumption information about the monitored power consumption, and display the monitored power consumption information to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Mullins, Alan T. Cooney, Brendan T. Butler, Ger V. Hallissey, Derek A. Barrett, John Carmody, Paul O'Keeffe, Pat J. Healy, Lisa O'Mahony, Philip Sheehan