Patents by Inventor Christopher Kalus

Christopher Kalus 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, system, and computer program product for optimizing runtime branch selection in a flow process
    Patent number: 8984259
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for optimizing runtime branch selection in a flow process are provided. The method includes gathering performance metrics of flow branch behavior for executed flows in a runtime system over time and using aggregated performance metrics for the behavior to determine an optimal ordering of branches for a currently running flow. The optimal ordering is determined by identifying one or more branch points in the flow, generating ordering permutations for at least a portion of the branches in the branch point for the flow to identify any permutations that have not been executed, gathering metrics for permutation(s) of the branch point in the flow, comparing the metrics to performance metrics of executed flows having substantially similar flow branch behavior, and identifying optimal branch ordering for the permutation(s) based upon the comparison. The method also includes executing the flow according to the optimal branch ordering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Hulse, Callum P. Jackson, Christopher Kalus, Ian W. Parkinson, Robert W. Phippen, Amanda J. Watkinson
  • CONCENTRATING SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR
    Publication number: 20140076480
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus by which solar energy may be collected to provide heat, electricity, or a combination of heat and electricity are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Cogenra Solar
    Inventors: Jason Christopher Kalus, Nathan Beckett, Adam Thomas Clavelle
  • METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OPTIMIZING RUNTIME BRANCH SELECTION IN A FLOW PROCESS
    Publication number: 20100115251
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for optimizing runtime branch selection in a flow process are provided. The method includes gathering performance metrics of flow branch behavior for executed flows in a runtime system over time and using aggregated performance metrics for the behavior to determine an optimal ordering of branches for a currently running flow. The optimal ordering is determined by identifying one or more branch points in the flow, generating ordering permutations for at least a portion of the branches in the branch point for the flow to identify any permutations that have not been executed, gathering metrics for permutation(s) of the branch point in the flow, comparing the metrics to performance metrics of executed flows having substantially similar flow branch behavior, and identifying optimal branch ordering for the permutation(s) based upon the comparison. The method also includes executing the flow according to the optimal branch ordering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Hulse, Callum P. Jackson, Christopher Kalus, Ian W. Parkinson, Robert W. Phippen, Amanda J. Watkinson