Patents by Inventor C. Patrick Devine

C. Patrick Devine 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to convert a machine to a virtual machine
    Patent number: 9268549
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to convert a machine to a virtual machine. An example method disclosed herein includes moving, via a processor, an original operating system to create free space on a storage device, installing a hypervisor in the free space on the storage device, generating a virtual machine in the free space on the storage device, and loading the hypervisor and the virtual machine, the virtual machine to execute the original operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventor: C. Patrick Devine
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONVERT A MACHINE TO A VIRTUAL MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140298317
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to convert a machine to a virtual machine. An example method disclosed herein includes moving, via a processor, an original operating system to create free space on a storage device, installing a hypervisor in the free space on the storage device, generating a virtual machine in the free space on the storage device, and loading the hypervisor and the virtual machine, the virtual machine to execute the original operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventor: C. Patrick Devine