Patents by Inventor Leeann Bent

Leeann Bent 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).

  • Determining placement of user data to optimize resource utilization for distributed systems
    Patent number: 9015229
    Abstract: User information describing a group of users of a distributed computer system configured to store and retrieve individualized user data associated with individual ones of the group of users, and system resource information associated with the distributed computer system, may be obtained. A global distribution plan describing a distribution of at least a portion of the individualized user data associated with the group may be determined based on a global optimization function of the obtained user information and system resource information associated with the distributed computer system, wherein the global optimization function is based on optimizing a global distribution of the portion of the individualized user data based on a determination of a measure of performance and fault tolerance associated with a model of the distributed computer system configured in accordance with the global distribution plan. The determined global distribution plan may be provided to a device for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Raz, Nareshkumar Rajkumar, Leeann Bent, Bradley Whitehead, Douglas Zongker
  • Determining placement of user data to optimize resource utilization for distributed systems
    Patent number: 7984151
    Abstract: User information describing a group of users of a distributed computer system configured to store and retrieve individualized user data associated with individual ones of the group of users, and system resource information associated with the distributed computer system, may be obtained. A global distribution plan describing a distribution of at least a portion of the individualized user data associated with the group may be determined based on a global optimization function of the obtained user information and system resource information associated with the distributed computer system, wherein the global optimization function is based on optimizing a global distribution of the portion of the individualized user data based on a determination of a measure of performance and fault tolerance associated with a model of the distributed computer system configured in accordance with the global distribution plan. The determined global distribution plan may be provided to a device for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Raz, Nareshkumar Rajkumar, Leeann Bent, Bradley Whitehead, Douglas Zongker