Patents by Inventor Nicholas B. Goracke

Nicholas B. Goracke 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).

  • Patent number: 8230432
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provides techniques for defragmenting blocks of resources allocated to perform computing jobs on a distributed or clustered system so that more contiguous physical resources may be made available to users submitting new job requests. Typically, the defragmentation process is performed when a job is submitted that requires access to a computing block that is larger than any currently available block in the parallel computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jay S. Bryant, Nicholas B. Goracke, Daniel P. Kolz, Dharmesh J. Patel
  • Publication number: 20080294872
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provides techniques for defragmenting blocks of resources allocated to perform computing jobs on a distributed or clustered system so that more contiguous physical resources may be made available to users submitting new job requests. Typically, the defragmentation process is performed when a job is submitted that requires access to a computing block that is larger than any currently available block in the parallel computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Jay S. Bryant, Nicholas B. Goracke, Daniel P. Kolz, Dharmesh J. Patel