Patents by Inventor John J. Gregson

John J. Gregson 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).

  • Method and system to measure distributed system's relative size
    Patent number: 7203719
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring the size of a distributed system of interconnected servers. A weighted asymptotic function of the count of installed CPUs on each server is computed. A CPU factor is computed based on the server architecture and operating system. A second weighted asymptotic function of the amount of RAM installed on each server is computed. A normalizing factor representing a reference date, and a RAM factor based on server architecture is computed. The product of the two weighted factors is computed for each server, and the sum of the product for each interconnected server is computed. This sum indicates a normalized measure for the size of a server. Included in the computation are factors, such as “Server Image Power Raging” and Server Image Power class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: John J. Gregson
  • Method and system to measure distributed system's relative size
    Publication number: 20030069945
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring the size of a distributed system of interconnected servers. A weighted asymptotic function of the count of installed CPUs on each server is computed. A CPU factor is computed based on the server architecture and operating system. A second weighted asymptotic function of the amount of RAM installed on each server is computed. A normalizing factor representing a reference date, and a RAM factor based on server architecture is computed. The product of the two weighted factors is computed for each server, and the sum of the product for each interconnected server is computed. This sum indicates a normalized measure for the size of a server. Included in the computation are factors, such as “Server Image Power Raging” and Server Image Power class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: John J. Gregson