Patents by Inventor JOSEPH W. CROPPER

JOSEPH W. CROPPER 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).

  • Publication number: 20200142603
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for implementing virtual machine (VM) memory right-sizing using VM memory compression. VM memory right-sizing includes monitoring VM memory utilization relative to a memory utilization up-size threshold and a memory utilization down-size threshold for the VM, and a current memory compression factor of total effective memory based on compression. When the VM is above the memory utilization up-size threshold and at a maximum memory allocation, a memory compression factor is increased. When the VM is below the memory utilization down-size threshold and the current memory compression factor is greater than one, the memory compression factor is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Charles Volzka, Sadek Jbara, Joseph W. Cropper, Ofer Biran
  • Patent number: 10628288
    Abstract: A debugger for distributed software running on multiple computer systems analyzes and compares system environments for the multiple computer systems. When a breakpoint occurs, or when a failure in one of the computer systems occurs, the debugger determines when one or more values of interest in the distributed software differ among the different computer systems. The debugger then determines whether the one or differing values correlate to the system environment for the corresponding computer systems. When the one or more differing values correlate to the system environment for the corresponding computer systems, the user of the debugger is notified of the correlation between the differing values and the system environments of the computer systems, to help potentially identify differences in system environments that could be contributing to the differing values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Barsness, Jay S. Bryant, James E. Carey, Joseph W. Cropper, John M. Santosuosso
  • Patent number: 10620909
    Abstract: A system and method for modifying a feature of a device based on an applied touch intensity is disclosed. When a touch is received, a sensor component sends a signal to a measurement component. The measurement component converts the signal into a touch intensity and provides the determined touch intensity to a selection component. The selection component selects at least one action from a set of actions to be executed by the device based on the determined touch intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Barsness, Jay S. Bryant, James E. Carey, Joseph W. Cropper, John M. Santosuosso
  • Patent number: 10613887
    Abstract: Dynamically setting the order of optimization of physical hosts allows more efficient and varied optimization. An ordering policy mechanism utilizes ordering policies to set an order for the optimizer to optimize physical the hosts. The ordering policy mechanism may allow a system administrator to create and/or select ordering policies. The ordering policies may include fixed ordering policies or dynamic ordering policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cropper, Jennifer D. Mulsow, Taylor D. Peoples
  • Patent number: 10613889
    Abstract: Dynamically setting the order of optimization of physical hosts allows more efficient and varied optimization. An ordering policy mechanism utilizes ordering policies to set an order for the optimizer to optimize physical the hosts. The ordering policy mechanism may allow a system administrator to create and/or select ordering policies. The ordering policies may include fixed ordering policies or dynamic ordering policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cropper, Jennifer D. Mulsow, Taylor D. Peoples
  • Patent number: 10606624
    Abstract: Placement of virtual machines on physical hosts are based on differing initial policies and optimization policies set by a system administrator to more efficiently utilize system resources and serve the needs of different workloads. A scheduler mechanism allows a system administrator to select different initial placement policies for one or more host groups of physical hosts. The scheduler mechanism utilizes an optimizer that monitors host performance and adjusts the placement of virtual machines according to another set of optimization policies similarly selected by the system administrator for each of the host groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cropper, Yong Feng
  • Patent number: 10588003
    Abstract: A processor may determine, using natural language processing, a writing style of content of a composed message written by a composer. The processor may analyze, using natural language processing, a set of previous message written by the composer. The processor may identify, based on the analyzing, writing habits of the composer. The processor may also identify a difference between the writing style of the content and the writing habits of the composer. The processor may display a notification of the difference to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Barsness, Jay S. Bryant, James E. Carey, Joseph W. Cropper, John M. Santosuosso
  • Patent number: 10514960
    Abstract: A workload of a virtualized computing environment is rebalanced by resizing and/or moving one or more virtual machines allocated resources from a shared pool of resources in the virtualized computing environment based upon multiple resource capacities specified for each virtual machine and representing different portions of the resources from the shared pool of resources, e.g., minimum and desired resource capacities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cropper, Jeffrey W. Tenner
  • Publication number: 20190349211
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects manage a shared pool of configurable computing resources. A resource demand value is identified for a target host. Resource supply values of dynamically-assigned resources are computed for donor hosts. Using the resource demand value and the resource supply values, dynamically-assigned resources are reclaimed from the donor hosts and distributed to the target host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cropper, Sadek Jbara, Taylor D. Peoples
  • Patent number: 10437978
    Abstract: A mobile device detects its location and other devices in proximity to the mobile device. When the device is in an untrusted location, or is in physical proximity to an untrusted device, the mobile device ensures existing security and authentication mechanisms are in place, and may additionally require enhanced security measures on the device. In addition, the device may modify its functionality based on the mobile device being in an untrusted location or in physical proximity to an untrusted device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Barsness, Jay S. Bryant, James E. Carey, Joseph W. Cropper, John M. Santosuosso
  • Patent number: 10437979
    Abstract: A mobile device detects its location and other devices in proximity to the mobile device. When the device is in an untrusted location, or is in physical proximity to an untrusted device, the mobile device ensures existing security and authentication mechanisms are in place, and may additionally require enhanced security measures on the device. In addition, the device may modify its functionality based on the mobile device being in an untrusted location or in physical proximity to an untrusted device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Barsness, Jay S. Bryant, James E. Carey, Joseph W. Cropper, John M. Santosuosso
  • Patent number: 10423452
    Abstract: A method, executed by a computer, for allocating resources to virtual machines includes monitoring resource usage for a selected resource for one or more capped virtual machines and one or more uncapped virtual machines, and responsive to detecting a first resource violation, the first resource violation corresponding to resource usage for a capped virtual machine and a second resource violation, the second resource violation corresponding to resource usage for an uncapped virtual machine, adjusting allocation of the selected resource for each of the one or more capped virtual machines previous to adjusting allocation of the selected resource for any of the uncapped virtual machines. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cropper, Charles J. Volzka, Sadek Jbara
  • Patent number: 10419228
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects manage a shared pool of configurable computing resources. A resource demand value is identified for a target host. Resource supply values of dynamically-assigned resources are computed for donor hosts. Using the resource demand value and the resource supply values, dynamically-assigned resources are reclaimed from the donor hosts and distributed to the target host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: International Busines Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cropper, Sadek Jbara, Taylor D. Peoples
  • Patent number: 10394365
    Abstract: A web server includes a pressure-sensitive page rendering mechanism that renders web pages that have one or more selectable inputs according to a client pressure profile corresponding to the requesting user. When the web server receives the request, the web server may dynamically generate and render a web page that satisfies the client pressure profile by placing one or more selectable inputs on the web page in one or more preferred regions of the touch screen display. In the alternative, the web server may have multiple versions of a web page that correspond to multiple different server pressure profiles, and when a web page is requested, the web server identifies a server pressure profile that corresponds to the client pressure profile, identifies a web page that corresponds to the identified server pressure profile, then renders the web page to the user's device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Barsness, Jay S. Bryant, James E. Carey, Joseph W. Cropper, John M. Santosuosso
  • Patent number: 10394594
    Abstract: One or more concurrency limits may be checked in connection with the performance of a virtual machine management operation such as a virtual machine deploy, resize or migration operation to enable the virtual machine management operation to be scheduled on a host for which no concurrency limits have been met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cropper, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Christine I. Wang
  • Publication number: 20190258454
    Abstract: A system and method for modifying a feature of a device based on an applied touch intensity is disclosed. When a touch is received, a sensor component sends a signal to a measurement component. The measurement component converts the signal into a touch intensity and provides the determined touch intensity to a selection component. The selection component selects at least one action from a set of actions to be executed by the device based on the determined touch intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Eric L. Barsness, Jay S. Bryant, James E. Carey, Joseph W. Cropper, John M. Santosuosso
  • Publication number: 20190251014
    Abstract: A method for processing distributed breakpoints when debugging a distributed application includes establishing a breakpoint in source code of a distributed computer program and executing the distributed computer program. Thereafter, an encountering of the breakpoint is detected in one of the processes, and execution of the one of the processes halted. However, halting execution of any other of the processes is delayed for a delay period during which a list both is generated of others of the processes in which the breakpoint is encountered and also is sorted in accordance with prioritization criteria. Finally, the sorted list is presented after the lapse of the delay period, individual ones of the processes selected in the list, and execution of the selected individual ones of the processes in the sorted list halted while halting of execution of non-selected ones of the processes in the sorted list is bypassed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Eric L. Barsness, Jay S. Bryant, James E. Carey, Joseph W. Cropper, John M. Santosuosso
  • Patent number: 10379806
    Abstract: A system and method for modifying a feature of a device based on an applied touch intensity is disclosed. When a touch is received, a sensor component sends a signal to a measurement component. The measurement component converts the signal into a touch intensity and provides the determined touch intensity to a selection component. The selection component selects at least one action from a set of actions to be executed by the device based on the determined touch intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Barsness, Jay S. Bryant, James E. Carey, Joseph W. Cropper, John M. Santosuosso
  • Publication number: 20190229936
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects manage a shared pool of configurable computing resources. A resource demand value is identified for a target host. Resource supply values of dynamically-assigned resources are computed for donor hosts. Using the resource demand value and the resource supply values, dynamically-assigned resources are reclaimed from the donor hosts and distributed to the target host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cropper, Sadek Jbara, Taylor D. Peoples
  • Patent number: 10355870
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects manage a shared pool of configurable computing resources. A resource demand value is identified for a target host. Resource supply values of dynamically-assigned resources are computed for donor hosts. Using the resource demand value and the resource supply values, dynamically-assigned resources are reclaimed from the donor hosts and distributed to the target host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cropper, Sadek Jbara, Taylor D. Peoples