Patents by Inventor Thomas Wood Wilkins

Thomas Wood Wilkins 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 apparatus to manage multi-computer supply based on an economic model
    Patent number: 7698709
    Abstract: A method and structure for determining a listing of host processors on a network to perform a parallel application, including determining a listing of all possible hosts on the network for performing the parallel application, determining for each of the possible hosts a current capacity and a current utilization, calculating for each of the possible hosts a difference between the current capacity and the current utilization, and selecting from the listing of all possible hosts a listing of hosts based on sorting the calculated differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Ditlow, Daria Rose Dooling, David Erin Moran, Thomas Wood Wilkins, Ralph James Williams
  • Method and apparatus to manage multi-computer supply using a model based on an economic model of supply and cost of supply
    Patent number: 7653907
    Abstract: A method and structure for determining a listing of host processors on a network to perform a parallel application, including determining a listing of all possible hosts on the network for performing the parallel application, determining for each of the possible hosts a current capacity and a current utilization, calculating for each of the possible hosts a difference between the current capacity and the current utilization, and selecting from the listing of all possible hosts a listing of hosts based on sorting the calculated differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Ditlow, Daria Rose Dooling, David Erin Moran, Thomas Wood Wilkins, Ralph James Williams
  • Method and apparatus to manage multi-computer supply
    Patent number: 7305674
    Abstract: A method and structure for determining a listing of host processors on a network to perform a parallel application, including determining a listing of all possible hosts on the network for performing the parallel application, determining for each of the possible hosts a current capacity and a current utilization, calculating for each of the possible hosts a difference between the current capacity and the current utilization, and selecting from the listing of all possible hosts a listing of hosts based on sorting the calculated differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Ditlow, Daria Rose Dooling, David Erin Moran, Thomas Wood Wilkins, Ralph James Williams
  • Method and apparatus to manage multi-computer supply
    Publication number: 20030078955
    Abstract: A method and structure for determining a listing of host processors on a network to perform a parallel application, including determining a listing of all possible hosts on the network for performing the parallel application, determining for each of the possible hosts a current capacity and a current utilization, calculating for each of the possible hosts a difference between the current capacity and the current utilization, and selecting from the listing of all possible hosts a listing of hosts based on sorting the calculated differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Ditlow, Daria Rose Dooling, David Erin Moran, Thomas Wood Wilkins, Ralph James Williams