Patents by Inventor Eric David Goff

Eric David Goff 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).

  • Systems and methods for distributing tasks and/or processing recources in a system
    Patent number: 8869157
    Abstract: A method is provided for managing the execution of tasks by a system having multiple processors, each having multiple types of resources. The method may include receiving from a user a task configuration specifying one or more performance parameters for a proposed task, automatically determining for each type of resource a quantity of that resource corresponding to the performance parameters for the proposed task, automatically determining for each processor a quantity of each type of resource available to that processor, automatically comparing for processor (a) the quantity of each type of resource available to that processor with (b) the quantity of each type of resource corresponding to the performance parameters for the proposed task, automatically determining based on the comparisons whether any processor has capacity to perform the proposed task, and automatically determining whether to perform the proposed task based at least on whether any processor has capacity to perform the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Breakingpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristopher Len Raney, Eric David Goff, Brent Aaron Cook, Ryan Clifton
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING TASKS AND/OR PROCESSING RECOURCES IN A SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130346987
    Abstract: A method is provided for managing the execution of tasks by a system having multiple processors, each having multiple types of resources. The method may include receiving from a user a task configuration specifying one or more performance parameters for a proposed task, automatically determining for each type of resource a quantity of that resource corresponding to the performance parameters for the proposed task, automatically determining for each processor a quantity of each type of resource available to that processor, automatically comparing for processor (a) the quantity of each type of resource available to that processor with (b) the quantity of each type of resource corresponding to the performance parameters for the proposed task, automatically determining based on the comparisons whether any processor has capacity to perform the proposed task, and automatically determining whether to perform the proposed task based at least on whether any processor has capacity to perform the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Kristopher Len Raney, Eric David Goff, Brent Aaron Cook, Ryan Clifton