Patents by Inventor Vasanth Raghavan

Vasanth Raghavan 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).

  • Patent number: 10764159
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for dynamic system level agreement provisioning is disclosed. The method includes: identifying, by a data processing system of a computing environment service provider, service level criteria for a customer of computing services; determining characteristics of the computing environment; identifying a time period for providing the computing services; evaluating one or more utility functions defining service level variables; and automatically determining, by the data processing system, a service level agreement (SLA) provision for the customer based on the one or more utility functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Rahul Ghosh, Rocky D. McMahan, Vasanth Raghavan
  • Patent number: 10764158
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure a system and technique for dynamic system level agreement provisioning includes: a computing environment configured with allocatable computing resources; and a host having a processor unit operable to execute a service level agreement (SLA) module. The SLA module is configured to: identify service level criteria for a customer of computing services of the computing environment; determine characteristics of the computing environment; identify a time period for providing the computing services; evaluate one or more utility functions defining service level variables; and automatically determine a service level agreement (SLA) provision for the customer based on the one or more utility functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Rahul Ghosh, Rocky D. McMahan, Vasanth Raghavan
  • Publication number: 20150156081
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure a system and technique for dynamic system level agreement provisioning includes: a computing environment configured with allocatable computing resources; and a host having a processor unit operable to execute a service level agreement (SLA) module. The SLA module is configured to: identify service level criteria for a customer of computing services of the computing environment; determine characteristics of the computing environment; identify a time period for providing the computing services; evaluate one or more utility functions defining service level variables; and automatically determine a service level agreement (SLA) provision for the customer based on the one or more utility functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Rahul Ghosh, Rocky D. McMahan, Vasanth Raghavan
  • Publication number: 20150156080
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for dynamic system level agreement provisioning is disclosed. The method includes: identifying, by a data processing system of a computing environment service provider, service level criteria for a customer of computing services; determining characteristics of the computing environment; identifying a time period for providing the computing services; evaluating one or more utility functions defining service level variables; and automatically determining, by the data processing system, a service level agreement (SLA) provision for the customer based on the one or more utility functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Rahul Ghosh, Rocky D. McMahan, Vasanth Raghavan