Patents by Inventor Eric Robert Northrup

Eric Robert Northrup 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).

  • Dynamically adjustable virtual machine
    Patent number: 9280375
    Abstract: A system including a collection of local data processing devices and a collection of remote data processing devices. At least one local data processing device executes instructions configuring the at least one local data processing device to implement a resource manager, a virtual machine, and a virtual machine manager. The resource manager associates application threads of a software application executing on a data processing device with local processors. The virtual machine includes a plurality of virtual processors, and each virtual processor emulates a data processing device. The virtual machine associates local processors with virtual processors. Finally, the virtual machine manager associates at least one virtual processor with a local data processing device and at least one virtual processor with a remote data processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lamia A. M. Youseff, Cory Todd Maccarrone, Jonathan Bingham, Eric Robert Northrup, Scott James Van Woudenberg, Grigory Makarevich