Patents by Inventor Tzu-Chin TAN

Tzu-Chin TAN 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).

  • Artificial neural network for balancing workload by migrating computing tasks across hosts
    Patent number: 9384062
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for balancing computing workload via migrating computing tasks are disclosed. An artificial neural network (ANN) is trained based on the workload distribution over time for a host. The ANN predicts the workload for the host, and an indication may be sent to migrate at least one computing task away from the host. The indication is sent when the method is operating in a proactive mode and when the predicted workload is outside of a desired operating range. Some embodiments monitor the workload; and automatically switch the method to the proactive mode, when a difference between the monitored workload and the predicted workload is small. Other embodiments monitor the workload; and automatically switch the method to a reactive mode, when the monitored workload is outside of a failsafe operating range for the particular host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventor: Tzu-Chin Tan
  • ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR BALANCING WORKLOAD BY MIGRATING COMPUTING TASKS ACROSS HOSTS
    Publication number: 20100169253
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for balancing computing workload via migrating computing tasks are disclosed. An artificial neural network (ANN) is trained based on the workload distribution over time for a host. The ANN predicts the workload for the host, and an indication may be sent to migrate at least one computing task away from the host. The indication is sent when the method is operating in a proactive mode and when the predicted workload is outside of a desired operating range. Some embodiments monitor the workload; and automatically switch the method to the proactive mode, when a difference between the monitored workload and the predicted workload is small. Other embodiments monitor the workload; and automatically switch the method to a reactive mode, when the monitored workload is outside of a failsafe operating range for the particular host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventor: Tzu-Chin TAN