Patents by Inventor Tao-Heng Yang

Tao-Heng Yang 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 mechanism for profiling a system
    Patent number: 6760684
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and mechanism for sizing a hardware system for a software workload. An aspect is directed to modeling a workload into a set of generic system activities, in which the generic system activities are not directly tied to a specific hardware platform. Another aspect is directed to profiling hardware systems or hardware components into the generic system activities. Suitable hardware systems or components are selected by analyzing the workload and hardware profiles in terms of the generic system activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Tao-Heng Yang, Andrew Rist
  • Method and mechanism for profiling a system
    Patent number: 6542854
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and mechanism for sizing a hardware system for a software workload. An aspect is directed to modeling a workload into a set of generic system activities, in which the generic system activities are not directly tied to a specific hardware platform. Another aspect is directed to profiling hardware systems or hardware components into the generic system activities. Suitable hardware systems or components are selected by analyzing the workload and hardware profiles in terms of the generic system activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Oracle Corporation
    Inventors: Tao-Heng Yang, Andrew Rist
  • METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR PROFILING A SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20020099521
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and mechanism for sizing a hardware system for a software workload. An aspect is directed to modeling a workload into a set of generic system activities, in which the generic system activities are not directly tied to a specific hardware platform. Another aspect is directed to profiling hardware systems or hardware components into the generic system activities. Suitable hardware systems or components are selected by analyzing the workload and hardware profiles in terms of the generic system activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: TAO-HENG YANG, ANDREW RIST