Patents by Inventor Randall S. Fishel

Randall S. Fishel 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).

  • Method and system for conserving power by degrading network connection speed
    Patent number: 7984193
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for conserving power. The method includes determining a first network connection speed for a network interface card (NIC), configuring the NIC to operate at the first network connection speed, processing, after the configuration, packets received by the NIC, obtaining a bandwidth utilization of the NIC, determining, using a power management policy, a second network connection speed for the NIC based on the bandwidth utilization when the bandwidth utilization is outside a threshold range, and configuring the NIC to operate at the second network connection speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Moore, Darrin P. Johnson, Randall S. Fishel
  • Dynamic power management for I/O resource pools
    Patent number: 7668175
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing a pool of I/O interfaces associated with one or more I/O devices are disclosed. The I/O bandwidth utilization of the I/O devices is ascertained and compared with an upper threshold and a lower threshold. When the I/O bandwidth utilization is greater than the upper threshold, the resources provided by the pool of I/O interfaces are increased. When the I/O bandwidth utilization is less than the lower threshold, the resources provided by the pool of I/O interfaces are decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin P. Johnson, Sunay Tripathi, Randall S. Fishel
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSERVING POWER BY DEGRADING NETWORK CONNECTION SPEED
    Publication number: 20090086650
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for conserving power. The method includes determining a first network connection speed for a network interface card (NIC), configuring the NIC to operate at the first network connection speed, processing, after the configuration, packets received by the NIC, obtaining a bandwidth utilization of the NIC, determining, using a power management policy, a second network connection speed for the NIC based on the bandwidth utilization when the bandwidth utilization is outside a threshold range, and configuring the NIC to operate at the second network connection speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: William H. Moore, Darrin P. Johnson, Randall S. Fishel