Patents by Inventor Brent Thomas Shields

Brent Thomas Shields 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).

  • Patent number: 9674091
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting congestion in a network of nodes, abating the network congestion, and identifying the cause of the network congestion is provided. A congestion detection system may comprise a detection system, an abatement system, and a causation system. The detection system monitors the performance of network components such as the network interface controllers and tiles of routers to determine whether the network is congested such that a delay in delivering packets becomes unacceptable. Upon detecting that the network is congested, an abatement system abates the congestion by limiting the rate at which packets are injected into the network from the nodes. Upon detecting that the network is congested, a causation system may identify the job that is executing on a node that is the cause of the network congestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Cray Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence S. Kaplan, Edwin Lloyd Froese, Christopher Brian Johns, Matthew Paul Kelly, Aaron Forest Godfrey, Brent Thomas Shields
  • Patent number: 9674092
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting congestion in a network of nodes, abating the network congestion, and identifying the cause of the network congestion is provided. A congestion detection system may comprise a detection system, an abatement system, and a causation system. The detection system monitors the performance of network components such as the network interface controllers and tiles of routers to determine whether the network is congested such that a delay in delivering packets becomes unacceptable. Upon detecting that the network is congested, an abatement system abates the congestion by limiting the rate at which packets are injected into the network from the nodes. Upon detecting that the network is congested, a causation system may identify the job that is executing on a node that is the cause of the network congestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Cray Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Lloyd Froese, Christopher Brian Johns, Aaron Forest Godfrey, Laurence S. Kaplan, Matthew Paul Kelly, Brent Thomas Shields
  • Patent number: 9491101
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting congestion in a network of nodes, abating the network congestion, and identifying the cause of the network congestion is provided. A congestion detection system may comprise a detection system, an abatement system, and a causation system. The detection system monitors the performance of network components such as the network interface controllers and tiles of routers to determine whether the network is congested such that a delay in delivering packets becomes unacceptable. Upon detecting that the network is congested, an abatement system abates the congestion by limiting the rate at which packets are injected into the network from the nodes. Upon detecting that the network is congested, a causation system may identify the job that is executing on a node that is the cause of the network congestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Cray Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Lloyd Froese, Christopher Brian Johns, Aaron Forest Godfrey, Laurence S. Kaplan, Matthew Paul Kelly, Brent Thomas Shields
  • Publication number: 20160277300
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting congestion in a network of nodes, abating the network congestion, and identifying the cause of the network congestion is provided. A congestion detection system may comprise a detection system, an abatement system, and a causation system. The detection system monitors the performance of network components such as the network interface controllers and tiles of routers to determine whether the network is congested such that a delay in delivering packets becomes unacceptable. Upon detecting that the network is congested, an abatement system abates the congestion by limiting the rate at which packets are injected into the network from the nodes. Upon detecting that the network is congested, a causation system may identify the job that is executing on a node that is the cause of the network congestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Laurence S. Kaplan, Edwin Lloyd Froese, Christopher Brian Johns, Matthew Paul Kelly, Aaron Forest Godfrey, Brent Thomas Shields
  • Publication number: 20160277301
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting congestion in a network of nodes, abating the network congestion, and identifying the cause of the network congestion is provided. A congestion detection system may comprise a detection system, an abatement system, and a causation system. The detection system monitors the performance of network components such as the network interface controllers and tiles of routers to determine whether the network is congested such that a delay in delivering packets becomes unacceptable. Upon detecting that the network is congested, an abatement system abates the congestion by limiting the rate at which packets are injected into the network from the nodes. Upon detecting that the network is congested, a causation system may identify the job that is executing on a node that is the cause of the network congestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Edwin Lloyd Froese, Christopher Brian Johns, Aaron Forest Godfrey, Laurence S. Kaplan, Matthew Paul Kelly, Brent Thomas Shields
  • Patent number: 9391899
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting congestion in a network of nodes, abating the network congestion, and identifying the cause of the network congestion is provided. A congestion detection system may comprise a detection system, an abatement system, and a causation system. The detection system monitors the performance of network components such as the network interface controllers and tiles of routers to determine whether the network is congested such that a delay in delivering packets becomes unacceptable. Upon detecting that the network is congested, an abatement system abates the congestion by limiting the rate at which packets are injected into the network from the nodes. Upon detecting that the network is congested, a causation system may identify the job that is executing on a node that is the cause of the network congestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cray Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence S. Kaplan, Edwin Lloyd Froese, Christopher Brian Johns, Matthew Paul Kelly, Aaron Forest Godfrey, Brent Thomas Shields
  • Publication number: 20150180780
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting congestion in a network of nodes, abating the network congestion, and identifying the cause of the network congestion is provided. A congestion detection system may comprise a detection system, an abatement system, and a causation system. The detection system monitors the performance of network components such as the network interface controllers and tiles of routers to determine whether the network is congested such that a delay in delivering packets becomes unacceptable. Upon detecting that the network is congested, an abatement system abates the congestion by limiting the rate at which packets are injected into the network from the nodes. Upon detecting that the network is congested, a causation system may identify the job that is executing on a node that is the cause of the network congestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Edwin Lloyd Froese, Christopher Brian Johns, Aaron Forest Godfrey, Laurence S. Kaplan, Matthew Paul Kelly, Brent Thomas Shields
  • Publication number: 20150139024
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting congestion in a network of nodes, abating the network congestion, and identifying the cause of the network congestion is provided. A congestion detection system may comprise a detection system, an abatement system, and a causation system. The detection system monitors the performance of network components such as the network interface controllers and tiles of routers to determine whether the network is congested such that a delay in delivering packets becomes unacceptable. Upon detecting that the network is congested, an abatement system abates the congestion by limiting the rate at which packets are injected into the network from the nodes. Upon detecting that the network is congested, a causation system may identify the job that is executing on a node that is the cause of the network congestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Laurence S. Kaplan, Edwin Lloyd Froese, Christopher Brian Johns, Matthew Paul Kelly, Aaron Forest Godfrey, Brent Thomas Shields