Patents by Inventor Jimmy Ray Hill

Jimmy Ray Hill 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).

  • Adjusting processor utilization data in polling environments
    Patent number: 8589926
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer usable program product for adjusting processor utilization data in polling environments are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An amount of a computing resource consumed during polling performed by the polling application over a predetermined period is received at a processor in a data processing system from a polling application executing in the data processing system. The amount forms a polling amount of the computing resource. Using the polling amount of the computing resource, another amount of the computing resource consumed for performing meaningful task is determined. The other amount forms a work amount of the computing resource. Using the work amount of the computing resource, an adjusted utilization of the computing resource is computed over a utilization interval. The data of the adjusted utilization is saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jimmy Ray Hill, Bret Ronald Olszewski, Luc Rene Smolders, David Blair Whitworth
  • ADJUSTING PROCESSOR UTILIZATION DATA IN POLLING ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20100287319
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer usable program product for adjusting processor utilization data in polling environments are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An amount of a computing resource consumed during polling performed by the polling application over a predetermined period is received at a processor in a data processing system from a polling application executing in the data processing system. The amount forms a polling amount of the computing resource. Using the polling amount of the computing resource, another amount of the computing resource consumed for performing meaningful task is determined. The other amount forms a work amount of the computing resource. Using the work amount of the computing resource, an adjusted utilization of the computing resource is computed over a utilization interval. The data of the adjusted utilization is saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jimmy Ray Hill, Bret Ronald Olszewski, Luc Rene Smolders, David Blair Whitworth