Patents by Inventor Brian Paul Retford

Brian Paul Retford 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: 10127337
    Abstract: A modeling system including a data processing device in communication with a non-transitory memory storing a model modeling interactions of resources of a distributed system. The data processing device executes instructions that cause the data processing device to implement a system monitor that monitors interactions of the resources of the distributed system and builds the model. The system monitor detects a state change of a first resource of the distributed system and identifies an entity causing the state change of the first resource. The system monitor determines whether a second resource of the distributed system changes state within a threshold period of time after the first resource changed state. The system monitor updates the model to indicate a relationship between the first resource, the second resource and the identified entity, in response to the first resource and the second resource changing state within the threshold time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ruiyi Wang, Brian Paul Retford, Emily Jane Johnston, Joshua Lovejoy
  • Patent number: 9525599
    Abstract: A modeling system including a data processing device in communication with a non-transitory memory storing a model modeling interactions of resources of a distributed system. The data processing device executes instructions that cause the data processing device to implement a system monitor that monitors interactions of the resources of the distributed system and builds the model. The system monitor detects a state change of a first resource of the distributed system and identifies an entity causing the state change of the first resource. The system monitor determines whether a second resource of the distributed system changes state within a threshold period of time after the first resource changed state. The system monitor updates the model to indicate a relationship between the first resource, the second resource and the identified entity, in response to the first resource and the second resource changing state within the threshold time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ruiyi Wang, Brian Paul Retford, Emily Jane Johnston, Joshua Lovejoy