Patents by Inventor COLIN ERNEST WYATT

COLIN ERNEST WYATT 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).

  • Communications system providing server load balancing based upon load and separation metrics and related methods
    Patent number: 8578027
    Abstract: A communications system may include a plurality of client devices configured to generate client processing jobs, each having a respective unique client ID associated therewith. A plurality of geographically spaced apart servers may be configured to process the client processing jobs, each having a respective unique server ID associated therewith. A load balancer may be configured to receive the client processing jobs from the plurality of client devices, and for each client processing job, generate a respective load balancing score for each server based upon the client ID of the client device requesting the client processing job, the server ID of each server, a processing load metric for each server, and a separation metric corresponding to a separation between the requesting client device and each server. The load balancer may also be configured to assign each client processing job to a respective server based upon the load balancing scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James Guy Brown, Colin Ernest Wyatt
  • COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING SERVER LOAD BALANCING BASED UPON LOAD AND SEPARATION METRICS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20110225298
    Abstract: A communications system may include a plurality of client devices configured to generate client processing jobs, each having a respective unique client ID associated therewith. A plurality of geographically spaced apart servers may be configured to process the client processing jobs, each having a respective unique server ID associated therewith. A load balancer may be configured to receive the client processing jobs from the plurality of client devices, and for each client processing job, generate a respective load balancing score for each server based upon the client ID of the client device requesting the client processing job, the server ID of each server, a processing load metric for each server, and a separation metric corresponding to a separation between the requesting client device and each server. The load balancer may also be configured to assign each client processing job to a respective server based upon the load balancing scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: Province of Ontario, Canada)
    Inventors: ANDREW JAMES GUY BROWN, COLIN ERNEST WYATT