Kanata, Canada

Greg Waines

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation. Active years: 2008.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Greg Waines. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/greg-waines

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

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Average Co-Inventor Count = 5.0

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Forward Citations = 22(Granted Patents)


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Years Active: 2008

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Greg Waines and CPU Usage Regulation.

Introduction

Greg Waines is an inventor associated with Kanata, Canada, and Nortel Networks Corporation. His patent work addresses CPU scheduling and the regulation of processor usage.

Latest Patents

The provided information lists one patent for Waines: 1 patent. Titled “CPU Usage Regulation,” the invention organizes tasks into classes and subclasses, with weights and CPU-usage targets used to determine an appropriate target for each task. It compares a task’s actual CPU usage with its target over an evaluation interval, then applies a penalty for a specified duration during a subsequent interval.

Career Highlights

Waines is associated with Nortel Networks Corporation. His listed invention focuses on managing processor resources by regulating task usage through a class-based scheduling system.

Collaborations

The provided information names Mark Dapoz and France Tremblay as Waines’s coworkers. Their specific contributions to the patent are not stated.

Conclusion

Greg Waines’s listed patent presents a structured approach to CPU scheduling, using usage targets and timed penalties to regulate how tasks consume processor resources.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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