Patents by Inventor Kyle Edward WOOLCOCK

Kyle Edward WOOLCOCK 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: 11947405
    Abstract: A rack in a datacenter is powered by a first power feed and a second power feed. The rack supports a plurality of servers which have a maximum combined power consumption which is greater than a maximum supplied power from either the first power feed or the second power feed. When power is lost from one of the power feeds, a rack manager reduces the total power consumption of the plurality of servers by throttling at least one of the servers and/or shutting off at least one of the plurality of servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Edward Woolcock, Alok Gautam Kumbhare, Nithish Mahalingam, Brijesh Warrier
  • Patent number: 11650654
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer readable media for enabling server devices to utilize a higher percentage of power resources while maintaining sufficient availability of power resources of a datacenter or other collection of server devices. For example, systems disclosed herein determine and implement power shaving actions based on virtual machine metadata and in accordance with a power shaving policy to facilitate a significantly higher utilization of power resources on a datacenter during normal operation as well as within periods of limited power capacity on various server devices. Systems described herein provide more efficient utilization of power resources while maintaining service availability guarantees for a variety of virtual machines hosted by servers of the datacenter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ioannis Manousakis, Alok Gautam Kumbhare, Ricardo GouvĂȘa Bianchini, Brijesh Warrier, Marcus Felipe Fontoura, Kyle Edward Woolcock
  • Publication number: 20230024444
    Abstract: A rack in a datacenter is powered by a first power feed and a second power feed. The rack supports a plurality of servers which have a maximum combined power consumption which is greater than a maximum supplied power from either the first power feed or the second power feed. When power is lost from one of the power feeds, a rack manager reduces the total power consumption of the plurality of servers by throttling at least one of the servers and/or shutting off at least one of the plurality of servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle Edward WOOLCOCK, Alok Gautam KUMBHARE, Nithish MAHALINGAM, Brijesh WARRIER
  • Patent number: 11460910
    Abstract: A rack in a datacenter is powered by a first power feed and a second power feed. The rack supports a plurality of servers which have a maximum combined power consumption which is greater than a maximum supplied power from either the first power feed or the second power feed. When power is lost from one of the power feeds, a rack manager reduces the total power consumption of the plurality of servers by throttling at least one of the servers and/or shutting off at least one of the plurality of servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Edward Woolcock, Alok Gautam Kumbhare, Nithish Mahalingam, Brijesh Warrier
  • Publication number: 20220121267
    Abstract: A rack in a datacenter is powered by a first power feed and a second power feed. The rack supports a plurality of servers which have a maximum combined power consumption which is greater than a maximum supplied power from either the first power feed or the second power feed. When power is lost from one of the power feeds, a rack manager reduces the total power consumption of the plurality of servers by throttling at least one of the servers and/or shutting off at least one of the plurality of servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kyle Edward WOOLCOCK, Alok Gautam KUMBHARE, Nithish MAHALINGAM, Brijesh WARRIER
  • Publication number: 20210318745
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer readable media for enabling server devices to utilize a higher percentage of power resources while maintaining sufficient availability of power resources of a datacenter or other collection of server devices. For example, systems disclosed herein determine and implement power shaving actions based on virtual machine metadata and in accordance with a power shaving policy to facilitate a significantly higher utilization of power resources on a datacenter during normal operation as well as within periods of limited power capacity on various server devices. Systems described herein provide more efficient utilization of power resources while maintaining service availability guarantees for a variety of virtual machines hosted by servers of the datacenter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ioannis MANOUSAKIS, Alok Gautam KUMBHARE, Ricardo GouvĂȘa BIANCHINI, Brijesh WARRIER, Marcus Felipe FONTOURA, Kyle Edward WOOLCOCK