Patents by Inventor Johara Shahabuddin

Johara Shahabuddin 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).

  • Managing server resources for hosted applications
    Patent number: 7174379
    Abstract: In an ASP server farm, requests to use an application are directed to a particular executing instance of the application (or an appropriate component thereof) that is identified as being the least loaded of the available such instances of the application or its component. The number of such instances is dynamically increased or decreased in response to the number of requests for the application or components thereof. Requests may be directed (in accordance with the first aspect) or the instances adjusted (in accordance with a second aspect) on a per client-basis, in which instances of the application and/or components thereof are reserved for the use of a user or a particular group of users. Operation in this manner facilitates compliance with service agreements with respective users or groups of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vikas Agarwal, Girish Chafle, Neeran Mohan Karnik, Arun Kumar, Ashish Kundu, Johara Shahabuddin, Pradeep Varma
  • Managing server resources for hosted applications
    Publication number: 20030028642
    Abstract: In an ASP server farm, requests to use an application are directed to a particular executing instance of the application (or an appropriate component thereof) that is identified as being the least loaded of the available such instances of the application or its component. The number of such instances is dynamically increased or decreased in response to the number of requests for the application or components thereof. Requests may be directed (in accordance with the first aspect) or the instances adjusted (in accordance with a second aspect) on a per client-basis, in which instances of the application and/or components thereof are reserved for the use of a user or a particular group of users. Operation in this manner facilitates compliance with service agreements with respective users or groups of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vikas Agarwal, Girish Chafle, Neeran Mohan Karnik, Arun Kumar, Ashish Kundu, Johara Shahabuddin, Pradeep Varma