Patents by Inventor Bryan L. Backer

Bryan L. Backer 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).

  • Management of multiple scale out workloads
    Patent number: 9515905
    Abstract: A scale out workload management system executing on a computer system controls simultaneous execution of multiple workloads. The computer system includes multiple nodes, where each node defines computer resources consumable by a workload. The scale out workload management system includes an application manager coupled to the nodes. The application manager controls start up and shut down of the nodes based on demands placed on the workloads. The scale out workload management system further includes a workload manager coupled to the application manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: William H. Blanding, Bryan L. Backer, Jerry J. Harrow, Jr., Dan Herington
  • Utilization reporting with multiple time frames
    Patent number: 8775122
    Abstract: A computer utilization report presents utilization data in tabular form so that utilization data for different time frames can be readily compared. The time frames include long and short continuous time frames, as well as at least one periodic discontinuous time frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Bryan L. Backer, Thomas Edwin Turicchi, Jr., Jerome A. Rolia
  • System and method of expediting certain jobs in a computer processing system
    Patent number: 7673305
    Abstract: In one embodiment, jobs requiring short processing time are given preference over jobs requiring long processing time by processing to completion all jobs for the first N seconds of the job. Jobs requiring longer than N seconds to complete are given a lower priority than a newly arriving job can and continue being processed, but are subject to reduction in resources by new jobs as each new job arrives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Bryan L. Backer
  • System and method of expediting certain jobs in a computer processing system
    Publication number: 20080098395
    Abstract: In one embodiment, jobs requiring short processing time are given preference over jobs requiring long processing time by processing to completion all jobs for the first N seconds of the job. Jobs requiring longer than N seconds to complete are given a lower priority than a newly arriving job can and continue being processed, but are subject to reduction in resources by new jobs as each new job arrives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Bryan L. Backer