Patents by Inventor Mark R. Vanderwiel

Mark R. Vanderwiel 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).

  • Changing output power to be within a range based on a power use efficiency peak
    Patent number: 9292064
    Abstract: If a total output power provided to a computer is less than a minimum of a power capacity range around a power use efficiency peak, and the occurrence of the total output power being less than the minimum value occurs more than a first threshold number of times within a time period, a first action is performed that causes the total output power provided to the computer to change to exceed the minimum of the power capacity range. If the total output power provided to the computer is greater than a maximum of the power capacity range, and the occurrence of the total output power being greater than the maximum occurs more than a second threshold number of times within the time period, a second action is performed that causes the total output power provided to the computer to change to be less than the maximum of the power capacity range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Gordon B. Grout, Mark R. Vanderwiel
  • Implementing injection of formal numerical message identifiers in cloud stacks
    Patent number: 9258258
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for injecting formal numerical message identifiers in an existing cloud stack. Numerical message identifiers are automatically injected into predefined messages of each translated message catalog before building the translated message catalogs into enhanced binary message catalogs. The numerical message identifiers are generated using an existing unique message identification (msgid) string within the translated message catalog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Mark R. Vanderwiel
  • IMPLEMENTING INJECTION OF FORMAL NUMERICAL MESSAGE IDENTIFIERS IN CLOUD STACKS
    Publication number: 20150113075
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for injecting formal numerical message identifiers in an existing cloud stack. Numerical message identifiers are automatically injected into predefined messages of each translated message catalog before building the translated message catalogs into enhanced binary message catalogs. The numerical message identifiers are generated using an existing unique message identification (msgid) string within the translated message catalog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Mark R. Vanderwiel
  • Changing Output Power to be Within a Range Based on a Power Use Efficiency Peak
    Publication number: 20150082055
    Abstract: If a total output power provided to a computer is less than a minimum of a power capacity range around a power use efficiency peak, and the occurrence of the total output power being less than the minimum value occurs more than a first threshold number of times within a time period, a first action is performed that causes the total output power provided to the computer to change to exceed the minimum of the power capacity range. If the total output power provided to the computer is greater than a maximum of the power capacity range, and the occurrence of the total output power being greater than the maximum occurs more than a second threshold number of times within the time period, a second action is performed that causes the total output power provided to the computer to change to be less than the maximum of the power capacity range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon B. Grout, Mark R. Vanderwiel
  • Determining a power saving mode based on a hardware resource utilization trend
    Patent number: 8589712
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for managing the amount of power consumed by server components of a computer system, each server component having multiple power modes. The utilization of each server component is monitored. Based on the monitored utilization, a time period is determined in which to apply a selected power mode to the respective server component. The respective server component is configured to operate in the selected power mode for at least the determined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Mark R. Vanderwiel
  • Determining a power saving mode based on a hardware resource utilization trend
    Patent number: 8539271
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for managing the amount of power consumed by server components of a computer system, each server component having multiple power modes. The utilization of each server component is monitored. Based on the monitored utilization, a time period is determined in which to apply a selected power mode to the respective server component. The respective server component is configured to operate in the selected power mode for at least the determined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Mark R. Vanderwiel
  • DETERMINING A POWER SAVING MODE BASED ON A HARDWARE RESOURCE UTILIZATION TREND
    Publication number: 20120124402
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for managing the amount of power consumed by server components of a computer system, each server component having multiple power modes. The utilization of each server component is monitored. Based on the monitored utilization, a time period is determined in which to apply a selected power mode to the respective server component. The respective server component is configured to operate in the selected power mode for at least the determined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Mark R. Vanderwiel