Patents by Inventor Tyler C. Hicks

Tyler C. Hicks 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).

  • OPTIMIZING VIRTUAL IMAGE DEPLOYMENT FOR HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE AND RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20120144389
    Abstract: A method of optimally deploying virtual images in a system of servers having different architectures and resources automatically deploys a first virtual image to each of a plurality of servers in the heterogeneous system of servers. The method monitors performance of the first virtual image on each of the servers. The method calculates a quality of service metric for the first virtual image on each server. The method ranks the servers in terms of said quality of service metric for the first virtual image. The method automatically deploys the first virtual image to a highest ranked server in terms of quality of service metric for the first virtual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler C. Hicks, Yoojin Kwak, Prosun Niyogi, Michael A. Smith, Mark W. VanderWiele