Ben Corrie

Title: Ben Corrie and Cooperative Memory Resource Management

Introduction

Ben Corrie is an inventor associated with VMware, Inc., in San Francisco, California. His patent work addresses memory management in systems that run virtual machines, with a focus on making unused memory available for other workloads.

Latest Patents

The provided information identifies one patent associated with Corrie: “Cooperative Memory Resource Management via Application-Level Balloon.” The patent describes methods, systems, and computer programs for managing memory on a host where virtual machines execute.

In one described method, a Java balloon agent determines whether a Java virtual machine has reserved more heap memory than it needs. If excess memory is available, the agent reserves a Java object in the heap, typically sized to occupy one or more host memory pages, and loads it with a specified value, such as zeros. When the virtual machine monitor detects that the corresponding machine physical memory page contains that value, it can free the page for use by other virtual machines or host processes. Corrie is credited with 1 patent in the information provided.

Career Highlights

Corrie’s listed company affiliation is VMware, Inc. The patent reflects work on coordinating memory use between applications and the virtual machine monitor, helping a host reclaim memory that a virtual machine does not currently need.

Collaborations

The listed coworkers associated with Corrie are Wei Lun Huang and Richard McDougall. The supplied information does not specify their individual roles in the patent.

Conclusion

Ben Corrie’s identified patent presents an application-level approach to helping virtual machine hosts reclaim excess memory, illustrating a practical innovation in computer resource management.