James Kevin Curtis

US Patent:

20050171752, Aug 4, 2005

Filed:

Jan 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/767524

Inventors:

Jonathan Patrizio - San Francisco CA, US
Eric Soderberg - Mountain View CA, US
James Curtis - Placerville CA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/50

US Classification:

703017000

Abstract:

A cluster simulator simulates reformation of a real cluster in response to failure events. Profile programs on the cluster can gather data useful to the simulation and transmit the profile data to the simulator. The simulator can generate a model of the real cluster, the model itself being a virtual cluster. A user can select virtual failure events from a menu to apply to the model and the simulator responds by generating a post-failure virtual cluster in the configuration that the real cluster would assume in the event of the corresponding real failure. Sequences of virtual failures can also be tested for a given cluster configuration to evaluate its robustness. Comprehensive testing using virtual failure sequences can also be applied to different cluster configuration so that an optimum configuration can be recommended.

US Patent:

40749070, Feb 21, 1978

Filed:

Jul 19, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/698100

Inventors:

James David Curtis - Santa Rosa CA

International Classification:

A63F 300

US Classification:

273282

Abstract:

A game apparatus comprising a square board with vertical, horizontal, and diagonal slots crossing in sixteen intersections, and twelve cubical playing pieces in six duplicate pairs distinguished by the different forms and arrangements of raised strips upon their plane surfaces which fit into the intersections of slots upon the board such that the cubical playing pieces rest freely movable without touching, so that they maybe easily arranged. The object of the game is to place all of ones share of the cubical playing pieces upon the board in such a manner that the confronting plane surfaces of cubical playing pieces resting upon the immediate intersections bear raised strips which agree with one another as an image in a mirror agrees with the object confronting it. There is a provision for the rolling of the cubical playing pieces during the game, and there are restrictions against turning them.