Patents by Inventor Brian Partridge

Brian Partridge has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9098457
    Abstract: Embodiments visualize the execution of a disaster recovery plan. During a transfer of computing nodes from a source site to a target site, a map user interface (UI) is displayed. The map UI includes a first region corresponding to the geographic location of the source site and a second region corresponding to the geographic location of the target site. An animated progress indicator representing termination of computing nodes at the source site is displayed in the first region. Simultaneously, another animated progress indicator representing initiation of computing nodes at the target site, and further representing a reverse animation of the other animated progress indicator, is displayed in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Olga Towstopiat, Robert Sullivan, Helen Ann Cunningham, Brian Partridge
  • Publication number: 20150121122
    Abstract: Embodiments visualize the execution of a disaster recovery plan. During a transfer of computing nodes from a source site to a target site, a map user interface (UI) is displayed. The map UI includes a first region corresponding to the geographic location of the source site and a second region corresponding to the geographic location of the target site. An animated progress indicator representing termination of computing nodes at the source site is displayed in the first region. Simultaneously, another animated progress indicator representing initiation of computing nodes at the target site, and further representing a reverse animation of the other animated progress indicator, is displayed in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Olga Towstopiat, Robert Sullivan, Helen Ann Cunningham, Brian Partridge
  • Publication number: 20150040145
    Abstract: Applications executing in a mobile device utilize a protocol for inter-application communication to overcome restrictions of a sandboxed environment. Applications advertise their exposed capabilities using structured definition files, which are consumed by other applications. Applications can invoke the advertised capabilities by exchanging inter-application communication (IAC) messages in the form of URLs or other platform-specific mechanisms. URL messages are formatted according to parameters and URL schemes specified by the provided definition files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Brian PARTRIDGE, Harish DHURVASULA
  • Publication number: 20150007086
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a user interface having a header or banner that displays information about a current context to help a user to gather information. In one example, the user interface displays information of a datacenter's health and status, including alerts that have been triggered. The user interface displays a context banner that tracks information gathered and actions taken within the context of the alert, and provides aggregate information or detailed information about the alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Louis WEITZMAN, Brian PARTRIDGE, Alister David LEWIS-BOWEN, Robert SULLIVAN
  • Patent number: 8839266
    Abstract: Applications executing in a mobile device utilize a protocol for inter-application communication to overcome restrictions of a sandboxed environment. Applications advertise their exposed capabilities using structured definition files, which are consumed by other applications. Applications can invoke the advertised capabilities by exchanging inter-application communication (IAC) messages in the form of URLs or other platform-specific mechanisms. URL messages are formatted according to parameters and URL schemes specified by the provided definition files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Partridge, Harish Dhurvasula