Patents by Inventor Massimo Buffo

Massimo Buffo 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).

  • User perception tool
    Patent number: 6856943
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for measuring performance of a computer system. The method includes generating a first setpoint, generating an event, timing at least a portion of the event, comparing the timed portion of the event with the first setpoint, and producing an indication of undesirable performance in response to the timed portion of the event being greater than the first setpoint. The apparatus includes a storage unit adapted to store a user perception tool, and a control unit adapted to execute the user perception tool, wherein the user perception tool causes the control unit to measure latency of a computer system and infer from the latency a user perception of performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen F Murphy, Emma K Gottesman, John A Moore, Massimo Buffo, David C Tracey, Brian J Gillespie
  • User perception tool
    Publication number: 20030187617
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for measuring performance of a computer system. The method includes generating a first setpoint, generating an event, timing at least a portion of the event, comparing the timed portion of the event with the first setpoint, and producing an indication of undesirable performance in response to the timed portion of the event being greater than the first setpoint. The apparatus comprises a storage unit adapted to store a user perception tool, and a control unit adapted to execute the user perception tool, wherein the user perception tool causes the control unit to measure latency of a computer system and infer from the latency a user perception of performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen F. Murphy, Emma K. Gottesman, John A. Moore, Massimo Buffo, David C. Tracey, Brian J. Gillespie