Joseph A Peterson

US Patent:

7350195, Mar 25, 2008

Filed:

Sep 19, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/664546

Inventors:

David Gerald Herbeck - Rochester MN, US
David E. Hubka - Rochester MN, US
Mark Donald Masbruch - Rochester MN, US
Mark Anthony Perkins - Hopkins MN, US
Joseph Harold Peterson - Kasson MN, US
DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham - Rochester MN, US
Richard Michael Smith - Oronoco MN, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717127

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment request a program or programs to tune themselves to run faster or slower if a service class is not meeting its performance goal. In an embodiment, the program is repeatedly requested to incrementally tune itself until the performance goal is met or until no further improvement occurs. In various embodiments, the programs to be requested to tune themselves are selected based on whether the programs are bottlenecks for the service class, whether the programs do the majority of work for the service class, whether the programs easily meet their own performance goals, or whether the programs are low priority. In this way, the programs may be performance tuned in a way that is more effective and less intrusive than by adjusting global, system-level resource allocations.

US Patent:

8161462, Apr 17, 2012

Filed:

Jan 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/008521

Inventors:

David Gerald Herbeck - Rochester MN, US
David E. Hubka - Rochester MN, US
Mark Donald Masbruch - Rochester MN, US
Mark Anthony Perkins - Hopkins MN, US
Joseph Harold Peterson - Kasson MN, US
DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham - Rochester MN, US
Richard Michael Smith - Oronoco MN, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717127

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment request a program or programs to tune themselves to run faster or slower if a service class is not meeting its performance goal. In an embodiment, the program is repeatedly requested to incrementally tune itself until the performance goal is met or until no further improvement occurs. In various embodiments, the programs to be requested to tune themselves are selected based on whether the programs are bottlenecks for the service class, whether the programs do the majority of work for the service class, whether the programs easily meet their own performance goals, or whether the programs are low priority. In this way, the programs may be performance tuned in a way that is more effective and less intrusive than by adjusting global, system-level resource allocations.

US Patent:

8370800, Feb 5, 2013

Filed:

Jun 3, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/132358

Inventors:

Michael R. Burke - Rochester MN, US
Nicholas F. Campion - Rochester MN, US
Joseph H. Peterson - Kasson MN, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717115, 717168

Abstract:

A method of distributing applications between a plurality of machines forming a client system. The method includes determining that applications should be distributed to maximize hardware utilization of each or the plurality of machines; determining a plurality of possible configurations of applications among the plurality of machines; creating a list of all possible configurations; comparing the list of all possible configurations to a database of state information; removing configurations from the list if the configuration is the same as a state previously determined to be non-functional to create a pruned list; generating a score for each configuration on the pruned list by comparing each configuration with states information in the database; selecting the configurations with the highest score, the number of configurations equaling the number of machines; and deploying the selected configurations on the plurality of machines.

US Patent:

8381205, Feb 19, 2013

Filed:

Jun 3, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/132038

Inventors:

Michael R. Burke - Rochester MN, US
Nicholas F. Campion - Rochester MN, US
Joseph H. Peterson - Kasson MN, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717168, 707201

Abstract:

A method for determining the operating status of a proposed application configuration on a first client including receiving updates from a plurality of clients, each update including a client identification, a previous state indication, a current state indication, and an indication of the operating status of the current state. The method also includes storing the updates in a database, the updates being stored such that the performance of a current state may be identified at two different times; receiving a proposed state change from the first client, the proposed state change including a current state of the first client and a proposed application to be added to the first client; querying the database to identify instances of the proposed state change; determining risks associated with adding the proposed application based on the results of querying the database; and transmitting to the first client a description of the risks associated with adding the proposed application.

US Patent:

8381208, Feb 19, 2013

Filed:

Jun 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/482598

Inventors:

Michael R. Burke - Rochester MN, US
Nicholas F. Campion - Rochester MN, US
Joseph H. Peterson - Kasson MN, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/445

US Classification:

717174, 717175, 717178, 717127, 717130, 706 54, 706 61

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention provide the ability to determine whether a particular application may be safely added to a client computing device. Further, embodiments of the invention also allow for performing a rollback operation on clients experiencing a decrease of performance due to an addition of new software. For example, after a client updates to a new piece of software, a server may monitor the performance of the first client by analyzing a plurality of updates received from the first client. Each update may include a performance indicator. Using the updates, the server may detect a decrease in the performance of the first client. Upon detecting the decrease in the performance, the server may initiate a rollback to a previous state on the first client.

US Patent:

20120185843, Jul 19, 2012

Filed:

Jan 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/009416

Inventors:

MICHAEL R. BURKE - ROCHESTER MN, US
NICHOLAS F. CAMPION - ROCHESTER MN, US
KEVIN W. KIRKEBY - ROCHESTER MN, US
JOSEPH H. PETERSON - KASSON MN, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/445

US Classification:

717174

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for installing an application on a computer are disclosed. Following receipt of a request to install an application, a software state, comprising the new application and several of the applications installed on the computer, is derived. Then, the method determines whether the software state can be implemented on the computer. If the software state cannot be implemented on the computer, then the method derives another software state. This is repeated until the derived software state can be implemented on the computer system, or until determining that no software state exists which can be implemented on the computer system.

US Patent:

20200201691, Jun 25, 2020

Filed:

Mar 4, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/808628

Inventors:

Edward J. Kujawa - Roseville MN, US
Brian L. McElmurry - Roseville MN, US
Joseph P. Peterson - Roseville MN, US
Jerome G. Strobeck - Roseville MN, US
Sandra G. Wierdsma - Roseville MN, US

Assignee:

Unisys Corporation - Blue Bell PA

International Classification:

G06F 9/54

Abstract:

A server system may be configured to access a first contiguous portion of memory for a first activity of a plurality of activities, and to transfer data associated with the first activity into the first contiguous portion of memory. The first contiguous portion of memory may be placed in a memory repository to make the first contiguous portion of memory, available for access by at least a second activity of the plurality of activities, and an identifier may be assigned to the first contiguous portion of memory placed in the memory repository. The serer system may also be configured to access the first contiguous portion of memory for the second activity, and to transfer the data associated with the first activity from the first contiguous portion of memory to memory specifically associated with the second activity.

US Patent:

20170199701, Jul 13, 2017

Filed:

Jan 13, 2016

Appl. No.:

14/994446

Inventors:

Edward J. Kujawa - Roseville MN, US
Brian L. McElmurry - Roseville MN, US
Joseph P. Peterson - Roseville MN, US
Jerome G. Strobeck - Roseville MN, US
Sandra G. Wierdsma - Roseville MN, US

Assignee:

Unisys Corporation - Blue Bell PA

International Classification:

G06F 3/06
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

A server system may be configured to access a first contiguous portion of memory for a first activity of a plurality of activities, and to transfer data associated with the first activity into the first contiguous portion of memory. The first contiguous portion of memory may be placed in a memory repository to make the first contiguous portion of memory available for access by at least a second activity of the plurality of activities, and an identifier may be assigned to the first contiguous portion of memory placed in the memory repository. The server system may also be configured to access the first contiguous portion of memory for the second activity, and to transfer the data associated with the first activity from the first contiguous portion of memory to memory specifically associated with the second activity.