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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2008
Applicants:

Andrew J. Lewis, Litchfield, NH (US);

Kenny C. Gross, San Diego, CA (US);

David K. Mcelfresh, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew J. Lewis, Litchfield, NH (US);

Kenny C. Gross, San Diego, CA (US);

David K. McElfresh, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that controls a temperature variation in a computer system. First, a performance parameter of the computer system is monitored. Next, a future temperature of the computer system is predicted based on the performance parameter. Then, a pitch of one or more blades in a cooling device in the computer system is adjusted based on the future temperature to control the temperature variation in the computer system.


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