Patents by Inventor Micah William Miller

Micah William Miller 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).

  • Dynamic processor redistribution between partitions in a computing system
    Patent number: 7290260
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and program product for the dynamic reallocation of shared processing resources in a computing system is provided. The method/apparatus/program product attempts to allocate the shared processing resource among the two or more logical partitions in the computing system based on a current utilization of the shared processing resource among each of the two or more logical partitions and a current utilization of shared processing resource for the computing system as a whole. More specifically, the shared processing resource is reallocated from logical partitions having a relatively lower current utilization of their owned portion of the shared processing resource to logical partitions having a relatively high current utilization of their owned portion of the shared processing resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Micah William Miller
  • Dynamic processor redistribution between partitions in a computing system
    Publication number: 20040168170
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and program product for the dynamic reallocation of shared processing resources in a computing system is provided. The method/apparatus/program product attempts to allocate the shared processing resource among the two or more logical partitions in the computing system based on a current utilization of the shared processing resource among each of the two or more logical partitions and a current utilization of shared processing resource for the computing system as a whole. More specifically, the shared processing resource is reallocated from logical partitions having a relatively lower current utilization of their owned portion of the shared processing resource to logical partitions having a relatively high current utilization of their owned portion of the shared processing resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Micah William Miller
  • Apparatus and method for dynamically allocating resources of a dead logical partition
    Publication number: 20040158834
    Abstract: A dynamic resource allocation apparatus and method detects when a logical partition is dead, and attempts to allocate any of the dead logical partition's shared resources to a live logical partition after shutting down the dead logical partition. This allows the shared resources of the dead logical partition to be used, where possible, by shifting the resources to one or more logical partitions that are still alive. In this manner the shared resources are used to the fullest extent possible, without wasting shared resources simply because they are owned by a dead logical partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas Stephen Ham, Micah William Miller