Patents by Inventor Chistopher Francois

Chistopher Francois 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).

  • Resource allocation in a NUMA architecture based on application specified resource and strength preferences for processor and memory resources
    Patent number: 8141091
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method in which application program-specified resource allocation and allocation strength preferences are used to allocate hardware resources from a computer for that application program. The resource allocation preference is used to allocate hardware resources for the application program, while the allocation strength preference is used to determine whether to allocate alternate hardware resources when the resource allocation preference specified by the application program cannot be met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lynn Keat Chung, Chistopher Francois, Richard Karl Kirkman, Henry Joseph May, Patrick Joseph McCarthy, Don Darrell Reed, Kenneth Charles Vossen
  • Resource allocation in a NUMA architecture based on separate application specified resource and strength preferences for processor and memory resources
    Patent number: 8042114
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method in which application program-specified resource allocation and allocation strength preferences are used to allocate hardware resources from a computer for that application program. The resource allocation preference is used to allocate hardware resources for the application program, while the allocation strength preference is used to determine whether to allocate alternate hardware resources when the resource allocation preference specified by the application program cannot be met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lynn Keat Chung, Chistopher Francois, Richard Karl Kirkman, Henry Joseph May, Patrick Joseph McCarthy, Don Darrell Reed, Kenneth Charles Vossen
  • RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A NUMA ARCHITECTURE BASED ON SEPARATE APPLICATION SPECIFIED RESOURCE AND STRENGTH PREFERENCES FOR PROCESSOR AND MEMORY RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20080092138
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method in which application program-specified resource allocation and allocation strength preferences are used to allocate hardware resources from a computer for that application program. The resource allocation preference is used to allocate hardware resources for the application program, while the allocation strength preference is used to determine whether to allocate alternate hardware resources when the resource allocation preference specified by the application program cannot be met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lynn Chung, Chistopher Francois, Richard Kirkman, Henry May, Patrick McCarthy, Don Reed, Kenneth Vossen
  • RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A NUMA ARCHITECTURE BASED ON APPLICATION SPECIFIED RESOURCE AND STRENGTH PREFERENCES FOR PROCESSOR AND MEMORY RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20080022286
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method in which application program-specified resource allocation and allocation strength preferences are used to allocate hardware resources from a computer for that application program. The resource allocation preference is used to allocate hardware resources for the application program, while the allocation strength preference is used to determine whether to allocate alternate hardware resources when the resource allocation preference specified by the application program cannot be met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lynn Chung, Chistopher Francois, Richard Kirkman, Henry May, Patrick McCarthy, Don Reed, Kenneth Vossen