Patents by Inventor Frank N. Eskesen

Frank N. Eskesen 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).

  • Methods and systems for model-based management using abstract models
    Patent number: 8204719
    Abstract: Techniques for constructing and using models in accordance with service level management are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, a technique for constructing a model (e.g., a system model) representative of a resource for use in managing a service associated with the resource, comprises the following steps/operations. A set of resource metrics is obtained in accordance with a resource abstract model (RAM) associated with the resource. Then, a model representative of the resource is constructed based on at least a portion of the set of resource metrics obtained from the resource abstract model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yixin Diao, Denise Y. Dyko, Frank N. Eskesen, Joseph L. Hellerstein, Alexander Keller, Lisa F. Spainhower
  • Methods and systems for control discovery in computing systems
    Patent number: 7565655
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for generically controlling one or more resources associated with at least one computing system. In one aspect of the invention, the technique comprises evaluating one or more performance metrics associated with the one or more resources given one or more configurations of the one or more resources. The technique then causes a change in the one or more configurations of the one or more resources based on the performance metric evaluating step. The one or more performance metrics and the one or more configurations are expressed in generic formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yixin Diao, Frank N. Eskesen, Steven E. Froehlich, Joseph L. Hellerstein, Alexander Keller, Lisa F. Spainhower, Maheswaran Surendra