Patents by Inventor James J Freely

James J Freely 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).

  • Data center power management utilizing a power policy and a load factor
    Patent number: 8001403
    Abstract: An exemplary method for managing power consumption of a data center includes monitoring power consumption of a data center, assessing power consumption with respect to a billing equation for power, based on the assessment, deciding whether to implement a power policy where the power policy reduces instantaneous power consumption by the data center and increases a load factor wherein the load factor is an average power consumed by the data center divided by a peak power consumed by the data center over a period of time. Various other methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James R Hamilton, James J Freely, Mike Neil, Michael J Manos, Michael R Fortin
  • Data Center Power Management
    Publication number: 20090235097
    Abstract: An exemplary method for managing power consumption of a data center includes monitoring power consumption of a data center, assessing power consumption with respect to a billing equation for power, based on the assessment, deciding whether to implement a power policy where the power policy reduces instantaneous power consumption by the data center and increases a load factor wherein the load factor is an average power consumed by the data center divided by a peak power consumed by the data center over a period of time. Various other methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Hamilton, James J. Freely, Mike Neil, Michael J. Manos, Michael R. Fortin