Patents by Inventor Ming Hua Zhou

Ming Hua Zhou 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).

  • Content provisioning to virtual machines
    Patent number: 11775362
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for providing content to virtual machines. A request for content can be received, wherein the request originates from a virtual machine hosted by the computing device, comprises a unique identifier for the content, and is received from the virtual machine through an inter-process communication mechanism. The unique identifier can be validated. Content can then be retrieved using the unique identifier. A copy of the content can then be provided to the virtual machine in response to validation of the unique identifier, the content being provided to the virtual machine through the inter-process communication mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: VMWare, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravindra Kumar, Yogendra Baldev Bhasin, Kevin Scott Christopher, Petr Vandrovec, Ming Hua Zhou
  • CONTENT PROVISIONING TO VIRTUAL MACHINES
    Publication number: 20210117255
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for providing content to virtual machines. A request for content can be received, wherein the request originates from a virtual machine hosted by the computing device, comprises a unique identifier for the content, and is received from the virtual machine through an inter-process communication mechanism. The unique identifier can be validated. Content can then be retrieved using the unique identifier. A copy of the content can then be provided to the virtual machine in response to validation of the unique identifier, the content being provided to the virtual machine through the inter-process communication mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ravindra Kumar, Yogendra Baldev Bhasin, Kevin Scott Christopher, Petr Vandrovec, Ming Hua Zhou