Patents by Inventor Matthew Faist

Matthew Faist 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).

  • Power-capping based on UPS capacity
    Patent number: 8533514
    Abstract: The power draw of equipment in a data center may be capped in order to keep the power draw under the capacity of the Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) that serves the data center. The current capacity of the UPS may be estimated, and the equipment may be controlled so as to keep the equipment's power draw under that current capacity. Factors that may affect the estimate of the UPS's current capacity include the history of temperature and humidity to which the UPS has been subject, and charge/discharge history of the UPS. Factors that may affect the decision of which equipment to throttle to a lower power level include: the current power load at the data center, the type of software that each server is running, and the demand for that software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Harry R. Rogers, Kushagra Vaid, Mark E. Shaw, Badriddine Khessib, Bryan Kelly, Matthew Faist
  • POWER-CAPPING BASED ON UPS CAPACITY
    Publication number: 20120331317
    Abstract: The power draw of equipment in a data center may be capped in order to keep the power draw under the capacity of the Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) that serves the data center. The current capacity of the UPS may be estimated, and the equipment may be controlled so as to keep the equipment's power draw under that current capacity. Factors that may affect the estimate of the UPS's current capacity include the history of temperature and humidity to which the UPS has been subject, and charge/discharge history of the UPS. Factors that may affect the decision of which equipment to throttle to a lower power level include: the current power load at the data center, the type of software that each server is running, and the demand for that software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harry R. Rogers, Kushagra Vaid, Mark E. Shaw, Badriddine Khessib, Bryan Kelly, Matthew Faist