Patents by Inventor Christopher Stuart Thornton

Christopher Stuart Thornton 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).

  • MANAGING PARALLEL DATA PROCESSING JOBS IN GRID ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20090193427
    Abstract: Method, system, and computer program product for managing parallel data processing jobs in grid environments are provided. A request to deploy a parallel data processing job in a grid environment is received. A plurality of resource nodes in the grid environment are dynamically allocated to the parallel data processing job. A configuration file is automatically generated for the parallel data processing job based on the allocated resource nodes. The parallel data processing job is then executed in the grid environment using the generated configuration file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Pu, Christopher Stuart Thornton