Patents by Inventor Robert Saccone

Robert Saccone 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: 10338970
    Abstract: A method of scheduling assignment of resources to a plurality of applications includes: determining shares of the resources assigned to each application during a first period; determining shares of the resources assigned to each application during a second period that occurs after the first period; determining an imbalance value for each application that is based on a sum of the shares assigned to the corresponding application over both periods; and considering requests of the applications for resources in an order that depends on a result of comparing the imbalance values of the applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter D. Kirchner, Krzysztof P. Onak, Robert Saccone, Kanthi Sarpatwar, Joel L. Wolf
  • Publication number: 20180081722
    Abstract: A method of scheduling assignment of resources to a plurality of applications includes: determining shares of the resources assigned to each application during a first period; determining shares of the resources assigned to each application during a second period that occurs after the first period; determining an imbalance value for each application that is based on a sum of the shares assigned to the corresponding application over both periods; and considering requests of the applications for resources in an order that depends on a result of comparing the imbalance values of the applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: PETER D. KIRCHNER, KRZYSZTOF P. ONAK, ROBERT SACCONE, KANTHI SARPATWAR, JOEL L. WOLF
  • Patent number: 9886307
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for cross-platform scheduling with fairness and platform-specific optimization are provided herein. A method includes determining dimensions of a set of containers in which multiple tasks associated with a request are to be executed; assigning each of the containers to a processing node on one of multiple platforms based on the dimensions of the given container, and to a platform owner selected from the multiple platforms based on a comparison of resource requirements of each of the multiple platforms and the dimensions of the given container; and generating container assignments across the set of containers by incorporating the assigned node of each container in the set of containers, the assigned platform owner of each container in the set of containers, one or more scheduling requirements of each of the platforms, one or more utilization objectives, and enforcing a sharing guarantee of each of the platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kirsten W. Hildrum, Zubair Nabi, Viswanath Nagarajan, Robert Saccone, Kanthi K. Sarpatwar, Rohit Wagle, Joel Leonard Wolf
  • Patent number: 9886306
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for cross-platform scheduling with fairness and platform-specific optimization are provided herein. A method includes determining dimensions of a set of containers in which multiple tasks associated with a request are to be executed; assigning each of the containers to a processing node on one of multiple platforms based on the dimensions of the given container, and to a platform owner selected from the multiple platforms based on a comparison of resource requirements of each of the multiple platforms and the dimensions of the given container; and generating container assignments across the set of containers by incorporating the assigned node of each container in the set of containers, the assigned platform owner of each container in the set of containers, one or more scheduling requirements of each of the platforms, one or more utilization objectives, and enforcing a sharing guarantee of each of the platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kirsten W. Hildrum, Zubair Nabi, Viswanath Nagarajan, Robert Saccone, Kanthi K. Sarpatwar, Rohit Wagle, Joel Leonard Wolf
  • Publication number: 20160150002
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for cross-platform scheduling with fairness and platform-specific optimization are provided herein. A method includes determining dimensions of a set of containers in which multiple tasks associated with a request are to be executed; assigning each of the containers to a processing node on one of multiple platforms based on the dimensions of the given container, and to a platform owner selected from the multiple platforms based on a comparison of resource requirements of each of the multiple platforms and the dimensions of the given container; and generating container assignments across the set of containers by incorporating the assigned node of each container in the set of containers, the assigned platform owner of each container in the set of containers, one or more scheduling requirements of each of the platforms, one or more utilization objectives, and enforcing a sharing guarantee of each of the platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Kirsten W. Hildrum, Zubair Nabi, Viswanath Nagarajan, Robert Saccone, Kanthi K. Sarpatwar, Rohit Wagle, Joel Leonard Wolf
  • Publication number: 20160147566
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for cross-platform scheduling with fairness and platform-specific optimization are provided herein. A method includes determining dimensions of a set of containers in which multiple tasks associated with a request are to be executed; assigning each of the containers to a processing node on one of multiple platforms based on the dimensions of the given container, and to a platform owner selected from the multiple platforms based on a comparison of resource requirements of each of the multiple platforms and the dimensions of the given container; and generating container assignments across the set of containers by incorporating the assigned node of each container in the set of containers, the assigned platform owner of each container in the set of containers, one or more scheduling requirements of each of the platforms, one or more utilization objectives, and enforcing a sharing guarantee of each of the platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Kirsten W. Hildrum, Zubair Nabi, Viswanath Nagarajan, Robert Saccone, Kanthi K. Sarpatwar, Rohit Wagle, Joel Leonard Wolf
  • Patent number: 8732473
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may comprise a database and one or more servers. The database may, for example, store a plurality of content claims for previously evaluated data items, with each of the plurality of content claims being associated in the database with a corresponding stored digital fingerprint of a previously evaluated data item. The server(s) may, for example, be configured to receive a determined digital fingerprint of a data item from a client device on another network node, to submit a query to the database using the determined digital fingerprint as a primary key, and to transmit one or more content claims returned by the query to the client device. In some embodiments, the server(s) may be further configured to receive the content claim(s) and the digital fingerprint associated therewith from one or more computers on another network node, and to cause the received content claim(s) and digital fingerprint associated therewith to be stored in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Bisso, Vadim Ismailov, Lingling Liu, Robert Saccone, Mukeshkumar Beher
  • Publication number: 20110296187
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may comprise a database and one or more servers. The database may, for example, store a plurality of content claims for previously evaluated data items, with each of the plurality of content claims being associated in the database with a corresponding stored digital fingerprint of a previously evaluated data item. The server(s) may, for example, be configured to receive a determined digital fingerprint of a data item from a client device on another network node, to submit a query to the database using the determined digital fingerprint as a primary key, and to transmit one or more content claims returned by the query to the client device. In some embodiments, the server(s) may be further configured to receive the content claim(s) and the digital fingerprint associated therewith from one or more computers on another network node, and to cause the received content claim(s) and digital fingerprint associated therewith to be stored in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Bisso, Vadim Ismailov, Lingling Liu, Robert Saccone, Mukeshkumar Beher
  • Publication number: 20080104447
    Abstract: A diagnostic system and method for repairing computing devices comprises a diagnostic application running on a same computing system having a failed operating system (O/S). The diagnostic application is provided with access to the file system of the failed O/S image. The diagnostic software application collects relevant configuration information from the file system of the failed O/S image, and transports this information to a proxy system running the same operating system as the computing device being diagnosed. The proxy system utilizes the collected data to diagnose the subject failed O/S system. Once the proxy makes a determination it synthesizes repair information comprising new or modified files and instructions to be transported back to the diagnostic software system to apply. A network connection is provided between the computer running the diagnostic application and the proxy system that enables data to be easily transported between the two systems without human intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bulent Abali, Robert Saccone
  • Publication number: 20050235007
    Abstract: A diagnostic system and method for repairing computing devices comprises a diagnostic application running on a same computing system having a failed operating system (O/S). The diagnostic application is provided with access to the file system of the failed O/S image. The diagnostic software application collects relevant configuration information from the file system of the failed O/S image, and transports this information to a proxy system running the same operating system as the computing device being diagnosed. The proxy system utilizes the collected data to diagnose the subject failed O/S system. Once the proxy makes a determination it synthesizes repair information comprising new or modified files and instructions to be transported back to the diagnostic software system to apply. A network connection is provided between the computer running the diagnostic application and the proxy system that enables data to be easily transported between the two systems without human intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bulent Abali, Robert Saccone
  • Publication number: 20050198460
    Abstract: In a computer system having an operating system and a compressed main memory defining a physical memory and a real memory characterized as an amount of main memory as seen by a processor, and including a compressed memory hardware controller device for controlling processor access to the compressed main memory, there is provided a system and method for managing real memory usage comprising: a compressed memory device driver for receiving real memory usage information from the compressed memory hardware controller, the information including a characterization of the real memory usage state: and, a compression management subsystem for monitoring the memory usage and initiating memory allocation and memory recovery in accordance with the memory usage state, the subsystem including mechanism for adjusting memory usage thresholds for controlling memory state changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lorraine Herger, Mary McHugh, Dan Poff, Robert Saccone, Charles Schulz, T. Smith