Patents by Inventor Mika LAUKKA

Mika LAUKKA 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).

  • Container manager
    Patent number: 9692666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for managing containers in a could computing environment, the method comprising obtaining current information on resources available at hosts, obtaining information on host resources needed for a new container and allocating the new container to a selected host based on the resources available at the host and the host resources needed for the container. The present invention further relates to an apparatus and a computer program product implementing the method for managing containers. The method and the apparatus beneficially speeds up the process of allocating and replacing containers and ensures that only the latest version of the applications placed in containers are available in the cloud computing environment for client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: ROVIO ENTERTAINMENT LTD.
    Inventors: Heikki Salokanto, Mika Laukka
  • CONTAINER MANAGER
    Publication number: 20160182315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for managing containers in a could computing environment, the method comprising obtaining current information on resources available at hosts, obtaining information on host resources needed for a new container and allocating the new container to a selected host based on the resources available at the host and the host resources needed for the container. The present invention further relates to an apparatus and a computer program product implementing the method for managing containers. The method and the apparatus beneficially speeds up the process of allocating and replacing containers and ensures that only the latest version of the applications placed in containers are available in the cloud computing environment for client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Heikki SALOKANTO, Mika LAUKKA