Patents by Inventor Tanmay Kumar Pradhan

Tanmay Kumar Pradhan 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 or apparatus for selecting a cluster in a group of nodes
    Patent number: 8812501
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for selecting a cluster in a group of nodes in which a token is assigned to a first node of a group of nodes, subgroups of nodes that are interconnected are identified and if the two largest said subgroups comprise equal numbers of nodes then the subgroup containing the node to which said token is assigned is selected as the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Tanmay Kumar Pradhan
  • Managing a node cluster
    Patent number: 7840833
    Abstract: A system for managing a cluster of nodes, the cluster comprising a plurality of groups of nodes, each node being associated with a vote, the system further comprising an arbitration device, the arbitration device being associated with a number of votes dependent on the number of nodes in the cluster, each node further being associated with a cluster manager, one of the cluster managers for each group being operable: if the group is in communication with the arbitration device, to determine whether the group has the greatest number of votes, including the votes of the arbitration device; if the arbitration device is operative, but the group is not in communication with the arbitration device, to determine whether the group meets the quorum without adjusting the quorum; and if the arbitration device is not operative, to determine whether the group meets the quorum after adjusting the quorum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Shailendra Tripathi, Tanmay Kumar Pradhan, Akshay Nesari
  • Managing A Node Cluster
    Publication number: 20080184061
    Abstract: A system for managing a cluster of nodes, the cluster comprising a plurality of groups of nodes, each node being associated with a vote, the system further comprising an arbitration device, the arbitration device being associated with a number of votes dependent on the number of nodes in the cluster, each node further being associated with a cluster manager, one of the cluster managers for each group being operable: if the group is in communication with the arbitration device, to determine whether the group has the greatest number of votes, including the votes of the arbitration device; if the arbitration device is operative, but the group is not in communication with the arbitration device, to determine whether the group meets the quorum without adjusting the quorum; and if the arbitration device is not operative, to determine whether the group meets the quorum after adjusting the quorum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Shailendra Tripathi, Tanmay Kumar Pradhan, Akshay Nesari