Patents by Inventor DANIEL P. RHAMES

DANIEL P. RHAMES 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).

  • Controlling a discovery component, within a virtual environment, that sends authenticated data to a discovery engine outside the virtual environment
    Patent number: 9866547
    Abstract: A discovery bundle component is applied in a virtual image deployed within a virtual environment, wherein the discovery bundle automatically discovers asset information about one or more application bundles applied to the virtual image. The discovery bundle component sends, to a discovery product service, the asset information wrapped with a trusted signed certificate for the discovery product service, wherein the discovery product service is located outside the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John A. Griffith, Daniel P. Rhames, Philip R. Riedel, David L. Schmidt
  • CONTROLLING A DISCOVERY COMPONENT, WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT, THAT SENDS AUTHENTICATED DATA TO A DISCOVERY ENGINE OUTSIDE THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20160359847
    Abstract: A discovery bundle component is applied in a virtual image deployed within a virtual environment, wherein the discovery bundle automatically discovers asset information about one or more application bundles applied to the virtual image. The discovery bundle component sends, to a discovery product service, the asset information wrapped with a trusted signed certificate for the discovery product service, wherein the discovery product service is located outside the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: JOHN A. GRIFFITH, DANIEL P. RHAMES, PHILIP R. RIEDEL, DAVID L. SCHMIDT
  • Controlling a discovery component, within a virtual environment, that sends authenticated data to a discovery engine outside the virtual environment
    Patent number: 9497187
    Abstract: A discovery bundle component is applied in a virtual image deployed within a virtual environment, wherein the discovery bundle automatically discovers asset information about one or more application bundles applied to the virtual image. The discovery bundle component sends, to a discovery product service, the asset information wrapped with a trusted signed certificate for the discovery product service, wherein the discovery product service is located outside the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John A. Griffith, Daniel P. Rhames, Philip R. Riedel, David L. Schmidt
  • CONTROLLING A DISCOVERY COMPONENT, WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT, THAT SENDS AUTHENTICATED DATA TO A DISCOVERY ENGINE OUTSIDE THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20160173487
    Abstract: A discovery bundle component is applied in a virtual image deployed within a virtual environment, wherein the discovery bundle automatically discovers asset information about one or more application bundles applied to the virtual image. The discovery bundle component sends, to a discovery product service, the asset information wrapped with a trusted signed certificate for the discovery product service, wherein the discovery product service is located outside the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: JOHN A. GRIFFITH, DANIEL P. RHAMES, PHILIP R. RIEDEL, DAVID L. SCHMIDT
  • CONSTRUCTING VIRTUAL IMAGES FOR INTERDEPENDENT APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20160139908
    Abstract: A technique for automating the construction of multiple virtual images with interdependencies includes creating a first virtual image (VI) instance by extending a first base VI based on input values associated with the first base VI and software bundles associated with the first base VI. A second VI instance is created by extending a second base VI based on input values associated with the second base VI, instance values received from the first VI instance, dependency instance values received from a deployed dependency instance, and software bundles associated with the second base VI. The first and second VI instances are then deployed to designated machines in a cloud environment for execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: JOHN A. GRIFFITH, JOSEPH P. LOEWENGRUBER, DANIEL P. RHAMES, PHILIP R. RIEDEL, SANDRA L. TIPTON