Patents by Inventor David A. Henseler
David A. Henseler 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).
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Patent number: 8595331Abstract: A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. The control node includes an automation subsystem having one or more rules engines that provide autonomic control of the application nodes in accordance with a set of one or more rules. A pluggable, application-specific application governor is selected and installed within the control node to provide an application-independent interface through which the rules engines interact to control the deployment, execution and monitoring of the applications within the distributed computing system. The application governor uses a set of application image objects to configure an application on an application node. Each of the application image objects share a common interface and are therefore interchangeable.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: CA, Inc.Inventors: David A. Henseler, Jeanne C. Ohren, Sanjay Radia
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Patent number: 8572138Abstract: One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system. The distributed computing system includes a software image repository storing: (i) one or more image instances of a virtual machine manager that is executable on the application nodes, wherein when executed on the applications nodes, the image instances of the virtual machine manager provide one or more virtual machines, and (ii) one or more image instances of one or more software applications that are executable on the virtual machines. The distributed computing system also includes a control node that comprises an automation infrastructure to provide autonomic deployment of the image instances of the virtual machine manager on the application nodes and to provide autonomic deployment of the image instances of the software applications on the virtual machines.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: CA, Inc.Inventors: Jagane Sundar, Sanjay Radia, David A. Henseler
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Patent number: 8387037Abstract: In general, the invention is directed to updating images running on computing nodes within a distributed computing system. For example, a distributed computing system comprises a plurality of application nodes, a software image repository and a control node interconnected via a network. The image repository stores a master software image and a plurality of software image instances generated from the master software image. The control node automatically updates each of the software image instances using an updated version of the master software image.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: CA, Inc.Inventors: David A. Henseler, Jeanne C. Gilbertson, Margaret Cahir
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Patent number: 8301740Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, one or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of resources within the distributed computing system. In order to provide automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources, a control node uses a set of governors. This set of governors includes a set of service governors to govern services used in the distributed computing system. The set of governors also includes a set of resource governors that govern individual resources of the services in the distributed computing system. The service governors and the resource governors may be implemented using finite state machines.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: CA, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Gingell, Jr., James D. Engquist, David A. Henseler, Jerry R. Jackson, Michael John Lamb, Sanjay Radia
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Patent number: 8156222Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, one or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of resources within the distributed computing system. In order to provide automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources, a control node uses a set of governors. This set of governors includes a set of service governors to govern services used in the distributed computing system. The set of governors also includes a set of resource governors that govern individual resources of the services in the distributed computing system. The service governors and the resource governors may be implemented using finite state machines.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Gingell, Jr., James D. Engquist, David A. Henseler, Jerry R. Jackson, Michael John Lamb, Sanjay Radia
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Patent number: 8140624Abstract: A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. A user interacts with the control nodes to logically define the hierarchical organization of distributed computing system. The control node includes an automation subsystem having one or more rule engines that provide autonomic control of the application nodes in accordance with a set of one or more rules. An application governor uses a set of software image objects to configure an application on an application node. Each of the application software image objects share a common interface and are therefore interchangeable.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Gingell, Jeanne C. Ohren, Sanjay Radia, David A. Henseler
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Publication number: 20110145404Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, one or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of resources within the distributed computing system. In order to provide automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources, a control node uses a set of governors. This set of governors includes a set of service governors to govern services used in the distributed computing system. The set of governors also includes a set of resource governors that govern individual resources of the services in the distributed computing system. The service governors and the resource governors may be implemented using finite state machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Gingell, JR., James D. Engquist, David A. Henseler, Jerry R. Jackson, Michael John Lamb, Sanjay Radia
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Patent number: 7895317Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, one or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of resources within the distributed computing system. In order to provide automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources, a control node uses a set of governors. This set of governors includes a set of service governors to govern services used in the distributed computing system. The set of governors also includes a set of resource governors that govern individual resources of the services in the distributed computing system. The service governors and the resource governors may be implemented using finite state machines.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Gingell, Jr., James D. Engquist, David A. Henseler, Jerry R. Jackson, Michael John Lamb, Sanjay Radia
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Patent number: 7526534Abstract: A distributed processing system is described that employs “role-based” computing. In particular, the distributed processing system is constructed as a collection of computing nodes in which each computing node performs a particular processing role within the operation of the overall distributed processing system. Each of the computing nodes includes a conventional operating system, such as the Linux operating system, and includes a plug-in software module to provide a distributed memory operating system that employs the role-based computing techniques. The plug-in module provides seamless inter-process communication mechanisms and a distributed file system within the operating system services provided by each of the computing nodes, thereby allowing the computing nodes to cooperate and implement processing services of the overall distributed processing system.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Cassatt CorporationInventor: David A. Henseler
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Patent number: 7516206Abstract: In general, the invention is directed to software image management within a distributed computing system. The distributed computing system includes a plurality of application nodes interconnected via a communications network, and an image repository storing a plurality of pre-generated software image instances. A control node may pre-assign a network address to each of the image instances stored within the image repository, and assigns the network addresses of the image instances to the application nodes upon subsequent deployment of the software images to the application nodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2005Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Cassatt CorporationInventors: David A. Henseler, Jeanne C. Gilbertson, Margaret Cahir
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Publication number: 20090006527Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, one or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of resources within the distributed computing system. In order to provide automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources, a control node uses a set of governors. This set of governors includes a set of service governors to govern services used in the distributed computing system. The set of governors also includes a set of resource governors that govern individual resources of the services in the distributed computing system. The service governors and the resource governors may be implemented using finite state machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: Cassatt CorporationInventors: Robert A. Gingell, JR., James D. Engquist, David A. Henseler, Jerry R. Jackson, Michael John Lamb, Sanjay Radia
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Publication number: 20090006526Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, one or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of resources within the distributed computing system. In order to provide automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources, a control node uses a set of governors. This set of governors includes a set of service governors to govern services used in the distributed computing system. The set of governors also includes a set of resource governors that govern individual resources of the services in the distributed computing system. The service governors and the resource governors may be implemented using finite state machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: Cassatt CorporationInventors: Robert A. Gingell, JR., James D. Engquist, David A. Henseler, Jerry R. Jackson, Michael John Lamb, Sanjay Radia
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Publication number: 20070233698Abstract: A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. For instance, a distributed computing system comprises a plurality of application nodes interconnected via a communications network. In addition, the distributed computing system includes a software image repository storing: (i) one or more image instances of a virtual machine manager that is executable on the application nodes, wherein when executed on the applications nodes, the image instances of the virtual machine manager provide one or more virtual machines, and (ii) one or more image instances of one or more software applications that are executable on the virtual machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Applicant: Cassatt CorporationInventors: Jagane Sundar, Sanjay Radia, David Henseler
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Publication number: 20070169049Abstract: A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. A user, such as a system administrator, interacts with the control nodes to logically define the hierarchical organization of distributed computing system. The control node includes an automation subsystem having one or more rule engines that provide autonomic control of the application nodes in accordance with a set of one or more rules. A pluggable, application-specific application governor is selected and installed within the control node to provide an application-independent interface through which the rule engines interact to control the deployment, execution and monitoring of the applications within the distributed computing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: Cassatt CorporationInventors: Robert Gingell, Jeanne Ohren, Sanjay Radia, David Henseler
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Publication number: 20070168919Abstract: A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. A user, such as a system administrator, interacts with the control nodes to logically define the hierarchical organization of distributed computing system. The control node includes an automation subsystem having one or more rule engines that provide autonomic control of the application nodes in accordance with a set of one or more rules. A pluggable, application-specific application governor is selected and installed within the control node to provide an application-independent interface through which the rule engines interact to control the deployment, execution and monitoring of the applications within the distributed computing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: Cassatt CorporationInventors: David Henseler, Jeanne Ohren, Sanjay Radia
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Publication number: 20060173993Abstract: In general, the invention is directed to software image management within a distributed computing system. The distributed computing system includes a plurality of application nodes interconnected via a communications network, and an image repository storing a plurality of pre-generated software image instances. A control node may pre-assign a network address to each of the image instances stored within the image repository, and assigns the network addresses of the image instances to the application nodes upon subsequent deployment of the software images to the application nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2005Publication date: August 3, 2006Inventors: David Henseler, Jeanne Gilbertson, Margaret Cahir
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Publication number: 20060174238Abstract: In general, the invention is directed to updating images running on computing nodes within a distributed computing system. For example, a distributed computing system comprises a plurality of application nodes, a software image repository and a control node interconnected via a network. The image repository stores a master software image and a plurality of software image instances generated from the master software image. The control node automatically updates each of the software image instances using an updated version of the master software image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2005Publication date: August 3, 2006Inventors: David Henseler, Jeanne Gilbertson, Margaret Cahir
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Publication number: 20060099932Abstract: A system and method capture data from an SS7 network and pair each invoke message with its corresponding response message. Each message is stored in a daily file as well as in a table dedicated for that particular message type. A separate file is also maintained on each MIN and holds the most current registration information for each MIN. The system and method support four different types of queries: a MIN/ESN query, an active roamer query, a switch-to-switch query, and a transaction statistics query. The MIN/ESN query provides roaming activity on a specific MIN or ESN while the active roamer query provides information on all roamers in a serving market. The switch-to-switch query reveals messaging at one switch or between two switches. The statistics query provides data to a provider on all of its subscribers roaming in foreign networks or on all phones within its own network. The system has a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for displaying information on each message in an easy and convenient manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: Thomas Smith, John Morton, Jefferey Seymour, Gregory Visser, David Henseler
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Publication number: 20060041644Abstract: A distributed processing system is described that employs “role-based” computing. In particular, the distributed processing system is constructed as a collection of computing nodes in which each computing node performs a particular processing role within the operation of the overall distributed processing system. Each of the computing nodes includes a conventional operating system, such as the Linux operating system, and includes a plug-in software module to provide a distributed memory operating system that employs the role-based computing techniques. The plug-in module provides seamless inter-process communication mechanisms and a distributed file system within the operating system services provided by each of the computing nodes, thereby allowing the computing nodes to cooperate and implement processing services of the overall distributed processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2004Publication date: February 23, 2006Inventor: David Henseler
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Publication number: 20060026161Abstract: A distributed processing system is described that employs “role-based” computing. In particular, the distributed processing system is constructed as a collection of computing nodes in which each computing node performs a particular processing role within the operation of the overall distributed processing system. Each of the computing nodes includes a conventional operating system, such as the Linux operating system, and includes a plug-in software module to provide a distributed memory operating system that employs the role-based computing techniques. The plug-in module accesses the I/O nodes having file systems and presents the files systems to the operating system as an aggregate parallel file system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2004Publication date: February 2, 2006Inventor: David Henseler