Virtustream IP Holding Assigned Four Patents

Secure cloud computing
Virtustream IP Holding Company LLC, Bethesda, MD, has been assigned a patent (10,530,753) developed by Lie, David, Cohen, Reuven, and Reiner, Richard, Toronto, Canada, for “system and method for secure cloud computing.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”In a method for secure cloud computing, a virtual machine, (VM) associated with a client is executed at a computer within a trusted computing cloud. An image including state information of the VM is obtained, storage of the image is arranged, a freshness hash of the image is determined, and the freshness hash is sent to the client. Subsequently, at the same computer or at a different computer within the trusted computing cloud, the stored image may be retrieved, a freshness hash of the retrieved image may be determined, the freshness hash of the retrieved image may be sent to the client, and an indication may be received from the client verifying the integrity of the freshness hash of the stored image.”

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2017 (15/609,715).

Automated configuration of switch zones in switch fabric
Virtustream IP Holding Company LLC, Bethesda, MD, has been assigned a patent (10,523,513) developed by Bennett, Christopher S., Canton, GA, Welch, Matthew L., Riverview, FL, Harlan, Kevin, Sandy Springs, GA, Gonczi, Andrew J., Woodstock, GA, and Hedden, Jason, Joliet, IL, for an “automated configuration of switch zones in a switch fabric.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method includes obtaining a switch zone set configuration for a switch fabric, the switch zone set configuration comprising one or more switch zones each comprising one or more of host devices interconnected with one or more storage systems via one or more Fibre Channel, (FC) switches. The method also includes provisioning the switch zone set configuration in the FC switches and enabling FC ports of the FC switches and establishing the one or more switch zones of the switch zone set configuration in the storage systems. The method further includes validating connectivity by determining whether specified FC ports of the FC switches are connected to specified host bus adapter, (HBA) ports of the host devices and the storage systems in accordance with the provisioned switch zone set configuration, and activating the one or more switch zones in an infrastructure environment responsive to successful validation of the connectivity.”

The patent application was filed on April 30, 2018 (15/966,851).

Host configuration optimization in a data center environment
Virtustream IP Holding Company LLC, Bethesda, MD, has been assigned a patent (10,521,274) developed by Theurer, Matthew Eric, Darnestown, MD, and Jennings, Sean Daniel, Potomac, MD, for “systems and methods relating to host configuration optimization in a data center environment.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Systems and methods are disclosed for calculating and utilizing a variable CPU weighting factor for host configuration optimization in a data center environment. According to one illustrative embodiment, implementations may utilize actual workload profiles to generate variable CPU weighting factor(s) to optimize host configurations.”

The patent application was filed on December 27, 2018 (16/233,709).

Configurable startup, shutdown, reboot and isolation for applications in cloud-based information processing systems
Virtustream IP Holding Company LLC, Bethesda, MD, has been assigned a patent (10,437,605) developed by Jaeger, Peter, Sandy Springs, GA, for “configurable startup, shutdown, reboot and isolation for applications in cloud-based information processing systems.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a processing platform that includes a plurality of processing devices each comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processing platform is configured to implement virtual resources of one or more clouds for use by applications of at least one application management domain. The processing platform further comprises an application manager configured in accordance with a multi-layer application management architecture. The application manager implements at least one of a startup procedure, a shutdown procedure, a reboot procedure and an isolation procedure for at least a portion of each of one or more of the applications. A given instance of at least one of the startup procedure, the shutdown procedure, the reboot procedure and the isolation procedure is applied to a particular designated set of controlled components. The given instance is configurable under user control so as to provide a customized version of the corresponding procedure.”

The patent application was filed on August 4, 2017 (15/669,608).