Patents by Inventor Robert H. Starmer

Robert H. Starmer 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).

  • Virtual data center monitoring
    Patent number: 8589543
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for monitoring the state or status of virtual data centers. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving state information representing the state of hardware devices supporting instantiations of virtual data centers operating within a physical data center. The state information is mapped to hardware devices supporting a selected instantiation of a virtual data center to identify state information for the selected instantiation of a virtual data center. An assessment is then made, based on the state information for the selected instantiation of a virtual data center, regarding a degree to which the selected instantiation of a virtual data center is operating in accordance with predetermined policy. A user is then notified of the assessment via, e.g., a color-coded dashboard representation of the selected instantiation of a virtual data center or a color-coded aspect of the selected instantiation of a virtual data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Debojyoti Dutta, Subrata Banerjee, Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, Robert H. Starmer
  • VIRTUAL DATA CENTER MONITORING
    Publication number: 20130007261
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for monitoring the state or status of virtual data centers. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving state information representing the state of hardware devices supporting instantiations of virtual data centers operating within a physical data center. The state information is mapped to hardware devices supporting a selected instantiation of a virtual data center to identify state information for the selected instantiation of a virtual data center. An assessment is then made, based on the state information for the selected instantiation of a virtual data center, regarding a degree to which the selected instantiation of a virtual data center is operating in accordance with predetermined policy. A user is then notified of the assessment via, e.g., a color-coded dashboard representation of the selected instantiation of a virtual data center or a color-coded aspect of the selected instantiation of a virtual data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Debojyoti Dutta, Subrata Banerjee, Sanjay Agrawal, Robert H. Starmer