Patents by Inventor Brent D. MCFARLIN

Brent D. MCFARLIN 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 apparatus for managing provisioning and utilization of resources
    Patent number: 9843534
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing the provisioning and utilization of resources. A management platform determines a request from a user for execution of one or more data processing tasks by a remote computing service. The management platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of at least one execution constraint associated with the user, a group associated with the user, or a combination thereof to determine a maximum number of clusters, cluster instances, or a combination thereof of the remote computing service to be provisioned for fulfilling the request. The management platform further causes, at least in part, a provisioning of one or more clusters, one or more cluster instances, or a combination thereof to the user, the group, or a combination thereof to within the maximum number of clusters, cluster instances, or a combination thereof based on the at least one execution constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Brent D. McFarlin, James M. Burke, MacGregor Felix
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PROVISIONING AND UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20160182397
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing the provisioning and utilization of resources. A management platform determines a request from a user for execution of one or more data processing tasks by a remote computing service. The management platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of at least one execution constraint associated with the user, a group associated with the user, or a combination thereof to determine a maximum number of clusters, cluster instances, or a combination thereof of the remote computing service to be provisioned for fulfilling the request. The management platform further causes, at least in part, a provisioning of one or more clusters, one or more cluster instances, or a combination thereof to the user, the group, or a combination thereof to within the maximum number of clusters, cluster instances, or a combination thereof based on the at least one execution constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Brent D. MCFARLIN, James M. BURKE, MacGregor FELIX