Patents by Inventor Thomas D. Haywood

Thomas D. Haywood 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).

  • Memory overload protection
    Patent number: 8046423
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for controlling memory overload for a computer system. The invention determines heap utilization of a server; determines a maximum session lifetime a configured percentile of at least one session; determines a traffic rate (comprised of an average traffic rate received from a proxy server and a variance of traffic rate received from a proxy server); and calculates a maximum traffic rate, wherein the maximum traffic rate determines the heap utilization at a maximum heap percentage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Haywood, Brian K. Smith, Michael J. Spreitzer, Lan Vuong, Hai Shan Wu
  • MEMORY OVERLOAD PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20100306390
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for controlling memory overload for a computer system. The invention determines heap utilization of a server; determines a maximum session lifetime a configured percentile of at least one session; determines a traffic rate (comprised of an average traffic rate received from a proxy server and a variance of traffic rate received from a proxy server); and calculates a maximum traffic rate, wherein the maximum traffic rate determines the heap utilization at a maximum heap percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas D. Haywood, Brian K. Smith, Michael J. Spreitzer, Lan Vuong, Hai Shan Wu