Patents by Inventor Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan

Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan 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).

  • Patent number: 11734004
    Abstract: A datacenter including a first voltage sensor and/or first amperage sensor along with a second voltage sensor and/or second amperage sensor. The first amperage and voltage sensors are associated with a first computing device (FCD) and the second amperage and voltage sensors are associated with a second computing device (SCD). The datacenter also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) that communicates with the FCD and the SCD. The ECU is configured to receive FCD energy consumption information and additional updated FCD energy consumption information via the first voltage and/or amperage sensor(s). FCD energy consumption information is associated with energy consumed by the FCD during a first customer billing cycle. The ECU is also configured to divide a first blockchain mining reward into a first customer portion and a first datacenter portion and withhold the first customer portion when the first datacenter portion is less than a first minimum threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CORE SCIENTIFIC OPERATING COMPANY
    Inventor: Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan
  • Patent number: 11695752
    Abstract: A system and method for participating in and operating a distributed computing pool are disclosed. Computing pools combine computational resources from a plurality of computing devices over a network by splitting jobs into smaller jobs and distributing those smaller jobs to the computing devices so that they can be solved in parallel with little or no overlap in the work performed. The computing devices attempt to find solutions to the smaller jobs. Solutions found are signed and submitted back to the pool. The pool uses the signature to confirm the true origin of the solution and that the solution has not been tampered with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CORE SCIENTIFIC OPERATING COMPANY
    Inventor: Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan
  • Patent number: 11567821
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reporting health status for a plurality of computing devices such as within a data center are disclosed. A management device connected to the computing devices via a network executes a management application that periodically requests and receives status data from the computing devices. A pool checker may be used to track corresponding pool status data, and an environment checker may periodically request and receive environmental data from environmental sensors for temperature, humidity, and audio. A report generator creates health reports and assigns device health classifications based on the device status data, the environmental data, and the pool health data. The data may be associated with one or more locations and customers, permitting filtering of the report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Core Scientific Operating Company
    Inventors: Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan, Ganesh Balakrishnan, Evan Adams, Carla Cortez, Ian Ferreira
  • Publication number: 20210240474
    Abstract: A datacenter including a first voltage sensor and/or first amperage sensor along with a second voltage sensor and/or second amperage sensor. The first amperage and voltage sensors are associated with a first computing device (FCD) and the second amperage and voltage sensors are associated with a second computing device (SCD). The datacenter also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) that communicates with the FCD and the SCD. The ECU is configured to receive FCD energy consumption information and additional updated FCD energy consumption information via the first voltage and/or amperage sensor(s). FCD energy consumption information is associated with energy consumed by the FCD during a first customer billing cycle. The ECU is also configured to divide a first blockchain mining reward into a first customer portion and a first datacenter portion and withhold the first customer portion when the first datacenter portion is less than a first minimum threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan
  • Patent number: 11068292
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing the processing power of computing devices such as smart devices are provided. The system includes one or more distributed smart devices and a management server that communicates with the smart devices in order to determine whether they are idle and whether viable compute tasks are present that can be performed on the smart devices based on the smart device's status, configuration, utility and network parameters, and availability. Some tasks may be performed in low power mode to save energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan
  • Publication number: 20210064445
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing the processing power of computing devices such as smart devices are provided. The system includes one or more distributed smart devices and a management server that communicates with the smart devices in order to determine whether they are idle and whether viable compute tasks are present that can be performed on the smart devices based on the smart device's status, configuration, utility and network parameters, and availability. Some tasks may be performed in low power mode to save energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan
  • Publication number: 20210064399
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing the processing power of computing devices such as smart devices are provided. The system includes one or more distributed smart devices and a management server that communicates with the smart devices in order to determine whether they are idle and whether viable compute tasks are present that can be performed on the smart devices based on the smart device's status, configuration, utility and network parameters, and availability. Some tasks may be performed in low power mode to save energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan
  • Publication number: 20210026727
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reporting health status for a plurality of computing devices such as within a data center are disclosed. A management device connected to the computing devices via a network executes a management application that periodically requests and receives status data from the computing devices. A pool checker may be used to track corresponding pool status data, and an environment checker may periodically request and receive environmental data from environmental sensors for temperature, humidity, and audio. A report generator creates health reports and assigns device health classifications based on the device status data, the environmental data, and the pool health data. The data may be associated with one or more locations and customers, permitting filtering of the report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan, Ganesh Balakrishnan, Evan Adams, Carla Cortez, Ian Ferreira
  • Publication number: 20200403984
    Abstract: A system and method for participating in and operating a distributed computing pool are disclosed. Computing pools combine computational resources from a plurality of computing devices over a network by splitting jobs into smaller jobs and distributing those smaller jobs to the computing devices so that they can be solved in parallel with little or no overlap in the work performed. The computing devices attempt to find solutions to the smaller jobs. Solutions found are signed and submitted back to the pool. The pool uses the signature to confirm the true origin of the solution and that the solution has not been tampered with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan