Patents by Inventor Erik Carlin

Erik Carlin 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTITY-BASED AUTHENTICATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINES
    Publication number: 20170195306
    Abstract: A cloud computing system configured to run virtual machine instances is disclosed. The cloud computing system assigns an identity to each virtual machine instance. When the virtual machine instance accesses initial configuration resources, it provides this identity to the resources to authenticate itself. This allows for flexible and extensible initial configuration of virtual machine instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Vishvananda Ishaya, Erik Carlin, Paul Voccio
  • Method and system for identity-based authentication of virtual machines
    Patent number: 9544289
    Abstract: A cloud computing system configured to run virtual machine instances is disclosed. The cloud computing system assigns an identity to each virtual machine instance. When the virtual machine instance accesses initial configuration resources, it provides this identity to the resources to authenticate itself. This allows for flexible and extensible initial configuration of virtual machine instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Rackspace US, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishvananda Ishaya, Erik Carlin, Paul Voccio
  • Method and System for Identity-Based Authentication of Virtual Machines
    Publication number: 20150229629
    Abstract: A cloud computing system configured to run virtual machine instances is disclosed. The cloud computing system assigns an identity to each virtual machine instance. When the virtual machine instance accesses initial configuration resources, it provides this identity to the resources to authenticate itself. This allows for flexible and extensible initial configuration of virtual machine instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Vishvananda Ishaya, Erik Carlin, Paul Voccio
  • Method and system for identity-based authentication of virtual machines
    Patent number: 9027087
    Abstract: A cloud computing system configured to run virtual machine instances is disclosed. The cloud computing system assigns an identity to each virtual machine instance. When the virtual machine instance accesses initial configuration resources, it provides this identity to the resources to authenticate itself. This allows for flexible and extensible initial configuration of virtual machine instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Rackspace US, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishvananda Ishaya, Erik Carlin, Paul Voccio
  • Method and System for Identity-Based Authentication of Virtual Machines
    Publication number: 20140282889
    Abstract: A cloud computing system configured to run virtual machine instances is disclosed. The cloud computing system assigns an identity to each virtual machine instance. When the virtual machine instance accesses initial configuration resources, it provides this identity to the resources to authenticate itself. This allows for flexible and extensible initial configuration of virtual machine instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Vishvananda Ishaya, Erik Carlin, Paul Voccio
  • Distributed Network Billing In A Datacenter Environment
    Publication number: 20140269435
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods are provided for performing distributed network billing in a datacenter environment. The method includes receiving a network packet including a destination identifier in a virtual switch from a virtual machine of a server of a datacenter associated with a customer of the datacenter, determining if the destination identifier is present in an accounting list of the virtual switch that includes destination identifiers each associated with a first billing rate, and if so, updating a counter associated with the accounting list according to a size of the network packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Brad McConnell, Erik Carlin