Patents by Inventor Michael C. Hollinger
Michael C. Hollinger 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).
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Patent number: 9158311Abstract: A thermal control system for a data center room, for controlling an ambient temperature in the data center room to meet an ambient temperature set point, receives multiple ambient temperature votes from multiple fan controllers positioned in the data center room each for controlling fan speeds for at least one separate fan from among multiple fans each positioned within a separate system from among multiple systems within the data center room. The thermal control system sets the ambient temperature set point to a lowest ambient temperature specified in the multiple ambient temperature votes, such that the thermal control system and fan controllers operate as independent systems, but are integrated for selecting an ambient temperature that minimizes the power required for controlling a thermal environment in the data center room.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew Geissler, Michael C. Hollinger
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Patent number: 9158310Abstract: A thermal control system for a data center room, for controlling an ambient temperature in the data center room to meet an ambient temperature set point, receives multiple ambient temperature votes from multiple fan controllers positioned in the data center room each for controlling fan speeds for at least one separate fan from among multiple fans each positioned within a separate system from among multiple systems within the data center room. The thermal control system sets the ambient temperature set point to a lowest ambient temperature specified in the multiple ambient temperature votes, such that the thermal control system and fan controllers operate as independent systems, but are integrated for selecting an ambient temperature that minimizes the power required for controlling a thermal environment in the data center room.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew Geissler, Michael C. Hollinger
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Patent number: 9110705Abstract: Responsive to a hypervisor determining that insufficient local resources are available for reservation to meet a performance parameter for at least one resource specified in a reservation request for a particular logical partition managed by the hypervisor in a host system, the hypervisor identifies another logical partition managed by the hypervisor in the host system that is assigned at the least one resource meeting the performance parameter specified in the reservation request. The hypervisor estimates a first cost of migrating the particular logical partition and a second cost of migrating the another logical partition to at least one other host system communicatively connected in a peer-to-peer network based on at least one previously recorded cost stored by the host system of migrating a previous logical partition to the at least one other host system.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin J. Cawlfield, Chang W. Chen, Mitchell P. Harding, Michael C. Hollinger, Michael R. Reddock
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Publication number: 20150169354Abstract: Responsive to a hypervisor determining that insufficient local resources are available for reservation to meet a performance parameter for at least one resource specified in a reservation request for a particular logical partition managed by the hypervisor in a host system, the hypervisor identifies another logical partition managed by the hypervisor in the host system that is assigned at the least one resource meeting the performance parameter specified in the reservation request. The hypervisor estimates a first cost of migrating the particular logical partition and a second cost of migrating the another logical partition to at least one other host system communicatively connected in a peer-to-peer network based on at least one previously recorded cost stored by the host system of migrating a previous logical partition to the at least one other host system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Kevin J. Cawlfield, Chang W. Chen, Mitchell P. Harding, Michael C. Hollinger, Michael R. Reddock
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Patent number: 9049293Abstract: A method, system, and computer program for routing an incoming voice call in real time is presented. A call is received from a caller to an intended receiving wireless telecommunication device. In response to the call failing to connect to the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device, a short range wireless query signal is transmitted to determine if an other wireless communication device is within a predefined proximity to the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device. If the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device receives a response from the other wireless telecommunication device indicating that the other wireless telecommunication device is within the predefined proximity to the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device, then the call is rerouted to the other wireless telecommunication device.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Timothy R. Chavez, Jacob D. Eisinger, Michael C. Hollinger, Jennifer E. King, Christina K. Lauridsen, Fabian F. Morgan
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Patent number: 9026422Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for controlling a fidelity of a simulation of a computer system. A model of the system is received that has a plurality of components. A representation of the plurality of individual components of the system is generated. A component is assigned to be a fidelity center having a highest possible associated fidelity value. Fidelity values are assigned to each other component in the plurality of individual components based on an affinity of the other component to the fidelity center. The system is simulated based on assigned fidelity values to the components in the plurality of individual components.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Aarts, Ched D. Hays, Michael C. Hollinger, Jason S. Ma, Jose L. Ortiz, Gundam Raghuswamyreddy
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Patent number: 8965772Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for displaying speech command input state information in a multimodal browser including displaying an icon representing a speech command type and displaying an icon representing the input state of the speech command. In typical embodiments, the icon representing a speech command type and the icon representing the input state of the speech command also includes attributes of a single icon. Typical embodiments include accepting from a user a speech command of the speech command type, changing the input state of the speech command, and displaying another icon representing the changed input state of the speech command. Typical embodiments also include displaying the text of the speech command in association with the icon representing the speech command type.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Charles W. Cross, Jr., Michael C. Hollinger, Igor R. Jablokov, Benjamin D. Lewis, Hilary A. Pike, Daniel M. Smith, David W. Wintermute, Michael A. Zaitzeff
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Patent number: 8904404Abstract: Responsive to a hypervisor determining that insufficient local resources are available for reservation to meet a performance parameter for at least one resource specified in a reservation request for a particular logical partition managed by the hypervisor in a host system, the hypervisor identifies another logical partition managed by the hypervisor in the host system that is assigned at the least one resource meeting the performance parameter specified in the reservation request. The hypervisor estimates a first cost of migrating the particular logical partition and a second cost of migrating the another logical partition to at least one other host system communicatively connected in a peer-to-peer network based on at least one previously recorded cost stored by the host system of migrating a previous logical partition to the at least one other host system.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kevin J. Cawlfield, Chang W. Chen, Mitchell P. Harding, Michael C. Hollinger, Michael R. Reddock
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Patent number: 8863141Abstract: Responsive to a hypervisor determining that insufficient local resources are available for reservation to meet a performance parameter for at least one resource specified in a reservation request for a particular logical partition managed by the hypervisor in a host system, the hypervisor identifies another logical partition managed by the hypervisor in the host system that is assigned at the least one resource meeting the performance parameter specified in the reservation request. The hypervisor estimates a first cost of migrating the particular logical partition and a second cost of migrating the another logical partition to at least one other host system communicatively connected in a peer-to-peer network based on at least one previously recorded cost stored by the host system of migrating a previous logical partition to the at least one other host system.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kevin J. Cawlfield, Chang W. Chen, Mitchell P. Harding, Michael C. Hollinger, Michael R. Reddock
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Publication number: 20140208210Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for displaying speech command input state information in a multimodal browser including displaying an icon representing a speech command type and displaying an icon representing the input state of the speech command. In typical embodiments, the icon representing a speech command type and the icon representing the input state of the speech command also includes attributes of a single icon. Typical embodiments include accepting from a user a speech command of the speech command type, changing the input state of the speech command, and displaying another icon representing the changed input state of the speech command. Typical embodiments also include displaying the text of the speech command in association with the icon representing the speech command type.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Charles W. Cross, JR., Michael C. Hollinger, Igor R. Jablokov, Benjamin D. Lewis, Hilary A. Pike, Daniel M. Smith, David W. Wintermute, Michael A. Zaitzeff
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Patent number: 8694996Abstract: A hypervisor negotiates to reserve at least one available local resource in a host system that meets a performance parameter for at least one resource specified in a reservation request by a particular logical partition from among one or more logical partitions of virtualized pools of resources managed by the hypervisor in the host system, wherein the at least one performance parameter is specified by a particular application initiating the reservation request. The hypervisor, responsive to determining that the at least one available resource is not available in the host system, negotiates for offers to migrate the particular logical partition to at least one other host system comprising at least one available remote resource that meets the performance parameter, wherein the at least one other host system is managed by at least one other hypervisor that manages one or more other logical partitions of virtualized pools of resources.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kevin J. Cawlfield, Chang W. Chen, Mitchell P. Harding, Michael C. Hollinger, Michael R. Reddock
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Patent number: 8694995Abstract: A hypervisor negotiates to reserve at least one available local resource in a host system that meets a performance parameter for at least one resource specified in a reservation request by a particular logical partition from among one or more logical partitions of virtualized pools of resources managed by the hypervisor in the host system, wherein the at least one performance parameter is specified by a particular application initiating the reservation request. The hypervisor, responsive to determining that the at least one available resource is not available in the host system, negotiates for offers to migrate the particular logical partition to at least one other host system comprising at least one available remote resource that meets the performance parameter, wherein the at least one other host system is managed by at least one other hypervisor that manages one or more other logical partitions of virtualized pools of resources.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kevin J. Cawlfield, Chang W. Chen, Mitchell P. Harding, Michael C. Hollinger, Michael R. Reddock
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Patent number: 8682247Abstract: A caller telecommunication device transmits a call to an intended receiving wireless telecommunication device. In response, the caller telecommunication device transmits an instruction to a first proximate telecommunication device, wherein the instruction directs the first proximate telecommunication device to determine if the first proximate telecommunication device is within a predefined proximity of the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device. The predefined proximity is a distance within which the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device and other wireless telecommunication device can directly communicate by local signals. The caller communication device re-routes the call to the first proximate telecommunication device if the first proximate telecommunication device is within the predefined proximity of the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Timothy R. Chavez, Jacob D. Eisinger, Michael C. Hollinger, Jennifer E. King, Christina K. Lauridsen, Fabian F. Morgan
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Publication number: 20140052311Abstract: A thermal workload distribution controller receives, for each of multiple thermal controlled areas, at least one current thermal measurement from at least one separate thermostat node. The thermal workload distribution controller selects a particular thermal controlled area from among the multiple thermal controlled areas that is most optimal to receive additional heat based on the at least one current thermal measurement received for each of the thermal controlled areas. The thermal workload distribution controller distributes at least one workload to a server node associated with the particular thermal controlled area, wherein the heat dissipated by the server from executing the workload affects a thermal environment of the particular thermal controlled area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: ANDREW GEISSLER, MICHAEL C. HOLLINGER
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Publication number: 20140046489Abstract: A thermal control system for a data center room, for controlling an ambient temperature in the data center room to meet an ambient temperature set point, receives multiple ambient temperature votes from multiple fan controllers positioned in the data center room each for controlling fan speeds for at least one separate fan from among multiple fans each positioned within a separate system from among multiple systems within the data center room. The thermal control system sets the ambient temperature set point to a lowest ambient temperature specified in the multiple ambient temperature votes, such that the thermal control system and fan controllers operate as independent systems, but are integrated for selecting an ambient temperature that minimizes the power required for controlling a thermal environment in the data center room.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: ANDREW GEISSLER, MICHAEL C. HOLLINGER
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Patent number: 8645150Abstract: Carbon values are provided by vendors of power to data center management and are used by data center management to keep carbon values for energy produced to provide services below service level agreement thresholds. A plurality of vendor carbon values, a plurality of static data, and a plurality of dynamic data are used to calculate a future power consumption and a future operating cost for a data center in a computing service environment. The future operating cost includes a future carbon cost indicating the amount of carbon generated to satisfy the future power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jason B. Akers, Ross B. Clay, Michael C. Hollinger, Ryan A. Holt, Perry L. Jones
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Patent number: 8571474Abstract: A method, system, and computer program for routing an outgoing communication in real time is presented. A communication is received from a caller to an intended receiving wireless telecommunication device. In response to the communication failing to connect to the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device, a host carrier initiated query of third party priority of contacts routing preferences of the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device is initiated to determine if other communication devices are available for receiving a re-route of the original communication. If third party routing preferences of the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device have previously been established, then the call is rerouted through one or more alternate telecommunication devices to the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device. The priority of contacts is stored with the host carrier.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Timothy R. Chavez, Jacob D. Eisinger, Michael C. Hollinger, Jennifer E. King, Christina K. Lauridsen, Fabian F. Morgan
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Patent number: 8571872Abstract: Exemplary methods, systems, and products are disclosed for synchronizing visual and speech events in a multimodal application, including receiving from a user speech; determining a semantic interpretation of the speech; calling a global application update handler; identifying, by the global application update handler, an additional processing function in dependence upon the semantic interpretation; and executing the additional function. Typical embodiments may include updating a visual element after executing the additional function. Typical embodiments may include updating a voice form after executing the additional function. Typical embodiments also may include updating a state table after updating the voice form. Typical embodiments also may include restarting the voice form after executing the additional function.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Charles W. Cross, Jr., Michael C. Hollinger, Igor R. Jablokov, Benjamin D. Lewis, Hilary A. Pike, Daniel M. Smith, David W. Wintermute, Michael A. Zaitzeff
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Patent number: 8548864Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and an apparatus for managing transmission of information are provided. A determination is made as to whether a pattern in a set of patterns is present in the information to be transmitted by a first user. Responsive to a determination that the pattern in the set of patterns is present in the information to be transmitted, the information is inhibited from being transmitted by the first user. A request is sent to a mobile device of a second user for an approval of the information to be transmitted. Responsive to receiving the approval of the information to be transmitted from the second user, the information is transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Michael C. Hollinger, Jennifer E. King, Christina K. Lauridsen, Robert R. Peterson
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Publication number: 20130253899Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for controlling a fidelity of a simulation of a computer system. A model of the system is received that has a plurality of components. A representation of the plurality of individual components of the system is generated. A component is assigned to be a fidelity center having a highest possible associated fidelity value. Fidelity values are assigned to each other component in the plurality of individual components based on an affinity of the other component to the fidelity center. The system is simulated based on assigned fidelity values to the components in the plurality of individual components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Aarts, Ched D. Hays, Michael C. Hollinger, Jason S. Ma, Jose L. Ortiz, Gundam Raghuswamyreddy