Patents by Inventor James B. Wormwell

James B. Wormwell 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).

  • Selection of maintenance tasks
    Patent number: 10489189
    Abstract: A computer-implemented mechanism is provided that monitors usage of one or more computing resources within a set of computing components relative to a received workload. The mechanism calculates a maximum workload for the set of computing components from the monitored use of the computing resources within the set of computing components and determines an available overhead between the calculated maximum workload for the set of computing components and a current workload being performed by the set of computing components. The mechanism selects one or more maintenance tasks for the set of computing components, the total workload of the selected maintenance tasks being less than the determined available overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick J. Byrne, Josu Diaz de Arcaya, Vernon W. Miller, Richard A. Welp, James B. Wormwell
  • Selection of Maintenance Tasks
    Publication number: 20180239685
    Abstract: A computer-implemented mechanism is provided that monitors usage of one or more computing resources within a set of computing components relative to a received workload. The mechanism calculates a maximum workload for the set of computing components from the monitored use of the computing resources within the set of computing components and determines an available overhead between the calculated maximum workload for the set of computing components and a current workload being performed by the set of computing components. The mechanism selects one or more maintenance tasks for the set of computing components, the total workload of the selected maintenance tasks being less than the determined available overhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick J. Byrne, Josu Diaz de Arcaya, Vernon W. Miller, Richard A. Welp, James B. Wormwell