Patents by Inventor Colm CAFFREY

Colm CAFFREY 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).

  • Framework for workflow extensibility in a cloud computing system
    Patent number: 11755363
    Abstract: An example method of extending a cloud director configured to manage a cloud computing system includes: receiving requests to register external services with the cloud director; generating phase associations between the external services and an extensible phase of a workflow of the cloud director; executing the workflow of the cloud director and, in response to reaching the extensible phase, determining an execution order for at least one of the phase associations; and sending a message from the cloud director to each external service of the at least one phase association based on the execution order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Moroski, Praagyan Pokharel, Colm Caffrey, Ishita Saxena
  • FRAMEWORK FOR WORKFLOW EXTENSIBILITY IN A CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180173561
    Abstract: An example method of extending a cloud director configured to manage a cloud computing system includes: receiving requests to register external services with the cloud director; generating phase associations between the external services and an extensible phase of a workflow of the cloud director; executing the workflow of the cloud director and, in response to reaching the extensible phase, determining an execution order for at least one of the phase associations; and sending a message from the cloud director to each external service of the at least one phase association based on the execution order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey MOROSKI, Praagyan POKHAREL, Colm CAFFREY, Ishita SAXENA