Patents by Inventor Cynthia D. Swessel-Hofer

Cynthia D. Swessel-Hofer 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).

  • PROVIDING PERFORMANCE ALTERNATIVES BASED ON COMPARATIVE PRICE AND PERFORMANCE DATA OF A RUNNING SaaS INSTANCE
    Publication number: 20160344657
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a primary system instance to operate as a foreground process and creation of one or more shadow system instances to operate as a background process. The background instances yield information and performance data. Performance data associated with the foreground and background processes are generated and compared. One of the background instances may be converted to a new primary system instance as an alternative instance configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David N. Nguyen, Johnny Meng-Han Shieh, Cynthia D. Swessel-Hofer