Patents by Inventor Marcus Granado

Marcus Granado 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).

  • Continuous uptime of guest virtual machines during upgrade of a virtualization host device
    Patent number: 11886903
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a continuous uptime of guest Virtual Machines (“VMs”) during upgrade of a virtualization host device. The methods comprising: connecting all of the guest VMs' frontends or drivers to at least one old control VM which is currently running on the virtualization host device and which contains old virtualization software; creating at least one upgraded control VM that contains new virtualization software and that is to replace the old VM in the virtualization host device; connecting the guest VMs' frontends or drivers to the upgraded VM; and uninstalling the old control VM from the virtualization host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Marcus Granado
  • CONTINUOUS UPTIME OF GUEST VIRTUAL MACHINES DURING UPGRADE OF A VIRTUALIZATION HOST DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210117221
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a continuous uptime of guest Virtual Machines (“VMs”) during upgrade of a virtualization host device. The methods comprising: connecting all of the guest VMs' frontends or drivers to at least one old control VM which is currently running on the virtualization host device and which contains old virtualization software; creating at least one upgraded control VM that contains new virtualization software and that is to replace the old VM in the virtualization host device; connecting the guest VMs' frontends or drivers to the upgraded VM; and uninstalling the old control VM from the virtualization host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Marcus Granado
  • Continuous uptime of guest virtual machines during upgrade of a virtualization host device
    Patent number: 10866824
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a continuous uptime of guest Virtual Machines (“VMs”) during upgrade of a virtualization host device. The methods comprising: connecting all of the guest VMs' frontends or drivers to at least one old control VM which is currently running on the virtualization host device and which contains old virtualization software; creating at least one upgraded control VM that contains new virtualization software and that is to replace the old VM in the virtualization host device; connecting the guest VMs' frontends or drivers to the upgraded VM; and uninstalling the old control VM from the virtualization host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Marcus Granado
  • Continuous Uptime of Guest Virtual Machines During Upgrade of a Virtualization Host Device
    Publication number: 20180203715
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a continuous uptime of guest Virtual Machines (“VMs”) during upgrade of a virtualization host device. The methods comprising: connecting all of the guest VMs' frontends or drivers to at least one old control VM which is currently running on the virtualization host device and which contains old virtualization software; creating at least one upgraded control VM that contains new virtualization software and that is to replace the old VM in the virtualization host device; connecting the guest VMs' frontends or drivers to the upgraded VM; and uninstalling the old control VM from the virtualization host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventor: Marcus Granado