THOMAS EDWIN TURICCHI, JR
Pilots at Mccommas Blvd, Dallas, TX

2006013, Jun 22, 2006

Dec 21, 2004

11/019070

Troy Miller - Plano TX, US
Thomas Turicchi - Dallas TX, US
Isom Crawford - Royse City TX, US

G06F 9/46

718105000

In one embodiment, a method comprises executing respective workload management processes within a plurality of computing compartments to allocate at least processor resources to applications executed within the plurality of computing compartments, selecting a master workload management process to reallocate processor resources between the plurality of computing compartments in response to requests from the workload management processes to receive additional resources, monitoring operations of the master workload management process by the other workload management processes, detecting, by the other workload management processes, when the master workload management process becomes inoperable, and selecting a replacement master workload management process by the other workload management processes in response to the detecting.

7140020, Nov 21, 2006

Jul 26, 2002

10/206594

Clifford A. McCarthy - Richardson TX, US
Thomas E. Turicchi - Dallas TX, US
Steven R. Landherr - Baton Rouge LA, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

G06F 9/46, G06F 15/00

718104, 712 13

The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing allocation of a computer resource to at least one partition of a plurality of partitions of a multiple partition computer system, the system comprising: a plurality of work load managers, with one work load manager associated with each partition of the plurality of partitions, wherein each work load manager determines a resource request value for the computer resource based on at least one priority assigned to its partition associated with the computer resource; and a partition load manager that is operative to form an allocation value for each respective partition based on a respective resource request value; wherein the system apportions the computer resource among the plurality of partitions based on the allocation values.

2002008, Jun 27, 2002

Dec 23, 2000

09/745949

Thomas Turicchi - Dallas TX, US
Doug Grumann - Dublin CA, US

G06F011/30, G06F015/00, G21C017/00

702/186000

A method for obtaining an estimate of response time for a typical transaction request in a computer system under varying load conditions. This estimate can be compared to a predefined value considered by the system administrator to be the level at which the response time becomes significantly degraded, thereby providing a measure of the operating condition of the computer system. Preliminary measurements include measurement of response time for the typical transaction request while the computer system is lightly loaded, CPU usage, and response times for more than one concurrent typical transaction request. During computer system operation only the number of concurrent transaction requests and the total CPU usage need to be obtained and measured. A primary advantage of the embodiments as described in the present patent document over prior methods is that the present methods can provide a more accurate approximation of actual response-time under varying loads while consuming less system resources to do so.

6880156, Apr 12, 2005

Jul 27, 2000

09/626627

Steven R Landherr - Dallas TX, US
Thomas Edwin Turicchi Jr. - Dallas TX, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company. L.P. - Houston TX

G06F009/46, G06F015/16

718105, 709229

A server and method of its operation adapt the number of server applications within the server. The server is connected to a computer network. The server comprises one or more active server applications, a load detector, an inactive additional server application and an allocator. The load detector, which may be part of a load balancer, is connected to the one or more server applications and the computer network. The allocator is connected to the load detector and the additional server application. The allocator causes the additional server application to activate in response to a load condition. The method measures a load on the server, detects when the load exceeds a threshold and, in response thereto, activates an additional server application on the server. Optionally, the method also detects when the load is less than a deactivation threshold, and in response thereto, deactivates the additional server application. Also disclosed is a system comprising a plurality of computers, one or more connections to one or more servers, and a module.

2002009, Jul 18, 2002

Jan 18, 2001

09/764521

Raja Daoud - Santa Clara CA, US
Thomas Turicchi - Dallas TX, US

G06F013/00, G06F003/00

345/745000, 345/744000

A method and apparatus for optimizing a computing session for a particular user. The apparatus includes at least one computer readable storage media having an interaction profile, a response policy and computer readable program code stored thereon. User interaction with a computer is monitored and used to generate the interaction profile. The interaction profile includes system data such as the type of platform (e.g., laptop computer), an application ID, and resource availability. The interaction profile also includes user data such as a user ID, a user purpose (e.g., Internet shopping or research) and a user patience level (e.g., time to abort and abort frequency). The interaction profile and the response policy are used to automatically format output for the application and allocate a number of resources.

2006026, Nov 23, 2006

May 3, 2005

11/121279

Thomas Turicchi - Dallas TX, US

G06F 15/00

702187000

In one embodiment there is disclosed a method for tracking usage of system components such that for each system component to be tracked the value of that component is measured on a successive time unit basis and the measured value is stored together with the number of successive time units that value repeats. In another embodiment a system for handling data representative of system conditions is disclosed in which rapidly changing data values are received from at least one of the monitored sources such that each data value is representative of system conditions with respect to a small period of time; and such that the data is compressed while preserving the data values for each of the small periods of time.

7668703, Feb 23, 2010

Jun 7, 2005

11/147096

Jerry Rolia - Ontario, CA
Martin Arlitt - Alberta, CA
Thomas Turicchi - Dallas TX, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

G06F 17/10

703 2, 718104, 709201, 709226

One or more workloads are simulated on a resource, where each of the one or more workloads represents at least one application configured to run on the resource. A required capacity of the one or more workloads is determined based on the simulation.

2009030, Dec 3, 2009

May 28, 2008

12/128511

Troy Miller - Plano TX, US
Mark A. Criss - McKinney TX, US
Thomas Turicchi - Dallas TX, US
Michael Wisner - Dallas TX, US

G06F 9/455

718 1

A data processing system facilitates virtual machine migration with direct physical access control. The illustrative data processing system comprises a software-programmable trap control associated with hardware registers of a computer that selectively vectors execution control of a virtual machine (VM) between a host and a guest. The data processing system further comprises a logic which is configured for execution on the computer that programs the trap control to enable the virtual machine to directly access the hardware registers when the virtual machine is not migrated and to revoke direct access of the hardware registers in preparation for virtual machine migration.

8255915, Aug 28, 2012

Oct 26, 2007

11/924623

William H. Blanding - Bow NH, US
Thomas Edwin Turicchi - Dallas TX, US
Clifford McCarthy - Richardson TX, US
Daniel Edward Herington - Dallas TX, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

G06F 9/46, G06F 15/173

718104, 718100, 718102, 718105, 709223, 709224, 709226

A computer system characterized by a container hierarchy uses a workload manager to allocate computing resources to workloads. The workload manager can allocate resources as a function of aggregate characteristics of a group of workloads, even where the group does not conform to the container hierarchy.

2011002, Jan 27, 2011

Mar 31, 2008

12/935125

Alan L. Goodrum - Tomball TX, US
Roger E. Tipley - Houston TX, US
Thomas Turicchi - Dallas TX, US

G06F 1/28

700297

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with automatically detecting and characterizing a power topology are described. One example system includes a topology logic that identifies connections between PDUs and computers that receive power from the PDUs. The example system may include a data store that receives PDU/computer association data from the topology logic. A computer may communicate with a power providing PDU over a power line connecting the two devices. The computer and the power providing PDU may be configured with network interface devices (e.g., Ethernet switches) configured to communicate over the power line using, for example, EoP. The topology logic may discover a PDU/CE association by examining data transmitted over a network to which the computer and/or the PDU are connected.