Patents by Inventor Shai Benjamin
Shai Benjamin 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).
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Patent number: 11093269Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing resources in virtualization systems, including multi-cloud systems. The use of supply chain economics alone and in combination with other techniques offers a unified platform to integrate, optimize or improve, and automate resource management in a virtualization system. These techniques may be used to monitor and control the delivery of service level agreements and software licenses. They may also be used to monitor and control contention of computing resources in a virtualization system, and to suspend or terminate computing resources.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Turbonomic, Inc.Inventors: Yechiam Yemini, Shmuel Kliger, Danilo Florissi, Shai Benjamin, Yuri Rabover, Mor Cohen, Enlin Xu, Endre Sara
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Patent number: 11080084Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing resources in virtualization systems, including multi-cloud systems. The use of supply chain economics alone and in combination with other techniques offers a unified platform to integrate, optimize or improve, and automate resource management in a virtualization system. These techniques may be used to monitor and control the delivery of service level agreements and software licenses. They may also be used to monitor and control contention of computing resources in a virtualization system, and to suspend or terminate computing resources.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: TURBONOMIC, INC.Inventors: Yechiam Yemini, Shmuel Kliger, Danilo Florissi, Shai Benjamin, Yuri Rabover, Mor Cohen, Enlin Xu, Endre Sara
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Patent number: 9852011Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing resources in virtualization systems, including multi-cloud systems. The use of supply chain economics alone and in combination with other techniques offers a unified platform to integrate, optimize or improve, and automate resource management in a virtualization system. These techniques may be used to monitor and control the delivery of service level agreements and software licenses. They may also be used to monitor and control contention of computing resources in a virtualization system, and to suspend or terminate computing resources.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: TURBONOMIC, INC.Inventors: Yechiam Yemini, Shmuel Kliger, Danilo Florissi, Shai Benjamin, Yuri Rabover, Mor Cohen, Enlin Xu, Endre Sara
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Patent number: 8914511Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing resources in virtualization systems, including multi-cloud systems. The use of supply chain economics alone and in combination with other techniques offers a unified platform to integrate, optimize or improve, and automate resource management in a virtualization system. These techniques may be used to monitor and control the delivery of service level agreements and software licenses. They may also be used to monitor and control contention of computing resources in a virtualization system, and to suspend or terminate computing resources.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: VMTurbo, Inc.Inventors: Yechiam Yemini, Shmuel Kliger, Danilo Florissi, Shai Benjamin, Yuri Rabover
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Patent number: 8762531Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing resources in virtualization systems, including multi-cloud systems. The use of supply chain economics alone and in combination with other techniques offers a unified platform to integrate, optimize or improve, and automate resource management in a virtualization system. These techniques may be used to monitor and control the delivery of service level agreements and software licenses. They may also be used to monitor and control contention of computing resources in a virtualization system, and to suspend or terminate computing resources.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: VMTurbo, Inc.Inventors: Yechiam Yemini, Shmuel Kliger, Danilo Florissi, Shai Benjamin, Yuri Rabover
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Patent number: 8661131Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing resources in virtualization systems, including multi-cloud systems. The use of supply chain economics alone and in combination with other techniques offers a unified platform to integrate, optimize or improve, and automate resource management in a virtualization system. These techniques may be used to monitor and control the delivery of service level agreements and software licenses. They may also be used to monitor and control contention of computing resources in a virtualization system, and to suspend or terminate computing resources.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: VMTurbo, Inc.Inventors: Yechiam Yemini, Shmuel Kliger, Danilo Florissi, Shai Benjamin, Yuri Rabover
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Patent number: 8433801Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing resources in virtualization systems, including multi-cloud systems. The use of supply chain economics alone and in combination with other techniques offers a unified platform to integrate, optimize or improve, and automate resource management in a virtualization system. These techniques may be used to monitor and control the delivery of service level agreements and software licenses. They may also be used to monitor and control contention of computing resources in a virtualization system, and to suspend or terminate computing resources.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: VMTurbo, Inc.Inventors: Yechiam Yemini, Shmuel Kliger, Danilo Florissi, Shai Benjamin, Yuri Rabover
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Patent number: 8396807Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing resources in virtualization systems, including multi-cloud systems. The use of supply chain economics alone and in combination with other techniques offers a unified platform to integrate, optimize or improve, and automate resource management in a virtualization system. These techniques may be used to monitor and control the delivery of service level agreements and software licenses. They may also be used to monitor and control contention of computing resources in a virtualization system, and to suspend or terminate computing resources.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: VMTurbo, Inc.Inventors: Yechiam Yemini, Shmuel Kliger, Danilo Florissi, Shai Benjamin, Yuri Rabover
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Patent number: 7817672Abstract: A device and a method for providing programs to multiple end user devices. The method includes: providing to multiple end user devices, via an edge device, at least one type of media stream out of unicast media stream and a multicast media stream; wherein the at least one type of media stream convey a group of programs; receiving a request from a first end user device to view a first program that belongs to the group of programs; and selectively switching, in response to bandwidth constraints imposed on a communication path coupled to the edge device, a type of a media stream that conveys the first program to a second end user device.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: BigBand Networks Inc.Inventors: Ran Oz, Shai Benjamin, Gilat Avieli, Nery Strasman, Amir Leventer, Mordechai Finkelstein, Asi Elad, John Reister
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Patent number: 7783778Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining and identifying types of Virtual Private Networks is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of representing the network by a model containing a plurality of object classes, evaluating an import/export relationship of a first one and a second one of the object classes and identifying the network type based on the evaluated relationship.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2004Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: EMC CorporationInventor: Shai Benjamin
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Patent number: 7720003Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus for the identification or discovery for properties of MPLS networks through a modeling technique. Aspects of the present invention provide for discovering or identifying the Label Switched Paths in MPLS networks. The method comprises the steps of representing a network by a model comprising a plurality of configuration non-specific first object classes that are representations of types of components associated with the network components, and a plurality of configuration non-specific second object classes that are representations of relationships among the representation of types of component, identifying instances of a first one and a second one of the types of components object class, and identifying the label switch path by traversing the instances of the first and second types of components object classes through select ones of the relationship object classes associated with the first and second type of components object classes.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2004Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: EMC CorporationInventors: Shai Benjamin, William Kuhhirte
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Method and apparatus for arranging distributed system topology among a plurality of network managers
Patent number: 7624167Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for assigning a plurality agents associated with and monitoring devices to at least one manager in a distributed system, wherein the distributed system is arranged into a plurality of groups, each group associated with a manager, the method comprising the steps of identifying sets of agents wherein each set of agents includes at least one common association, assigning each of the sets of agents to at least one manager and, iteratively improving the assignment of each of the sets of agents until at least one desired criterion is substantially achieved. In one aspect, the sets of agents are continuously assigned until the total number of agents assigned to a manger is less than a predetermined number. In another aspect, the sets of agents are assigned until the total number of agent repetitions is less than a predetermined number.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2005Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: EMC CorporationInventor: Shai Benjamin -
Patent number: 7441023Abstract: A method and apparatus for representing a network and performing operations on the represented network are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of creating at least one configuration non-specific object class associated with components of the network, creating at least one configuration non-specific representation of relationships among associated object classes, representing a behavior relationship among the object classes based on the representations of the relationships among the object classes and analyzing properties of the network based on the behavior relationships. In aspects of the invention, the represented network may be an MPLS network, a VPN or a combined MPLS-VPN.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2004Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: EMC CorporationInventors: Shai Benjamin, Patricia Florissi, William Kuhhirte, Lida He
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Publication number: 20070177632Abstract: A device and a method for providing programs to multiple end user devices. The method includes: providing to multiple end user devices, via an edge device, at least one type of media stream out of unicast media stream and a multicast media stream; wherein the at least one type of media stream convey a group of programs; receiving a request from a first end user device to view a first program that belongs to the group of programs; and selectively switching, in response to bandwidth constraints imposed on a communication path coupled to the edge device, a type of a media stream that conveys the first program to a second end user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Ran Oz, Shai Benjamin, Gilat Avieli, Nery Strasman, Amir Leventer, Mordechai Finkelstein, Asi Elad, John Reister
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Publication number: 20060095563Abstract: A method and apparatus for presenting or displaying operations associated with a network is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selecting a path that allows communications between two selected nodes in the network, wherein the path consisting of a plurality of communication paths providing communication between communicatively adjacent nodes, determining parameters for animating the selected path; and highlighting, alternately, selected portions of the display of the selected path based on the determined parameters, wherein the alternate highlighting provides a visual indication of a direction of data flow in the selected path. In one aspect of the invention, the rate of alternate highlighting may further be selected to provide an indication of the status of corresponding communication paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2004Publication date: May 4, 2006Inventors: Shai Benjamin, Josepha Schoss
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Publication number: 20050068953Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus for the identification or discovery for properties of MPLS networks through a modeling technique. Aspects of the present invention provide for discovering or identifying the Label Switched Paths in MPLS networks. The method comprises the steps of representing a network by a model comprising a plurality of configuration non-specific first object classes that are representations of types of components associated with the network components, and a plurality of configuration non-specific second object classes that are representations of relationships among the representation of types of component, identifying instances of a first one and a second one of the types of components object class, and identifying the label switch path by traversing the instances of the first and second types of components object classes through select ones of the relationship object classes associated with the first and second type of components object classes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2004Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventor: Shai Benjamin
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Publication number: 20050071681Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining and identifying types of Virtual Private Networks is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of representing the network by a model containing a plurality of object classes, evaluating an import/export relationship of a first one and a second one of the object classes and identifying the network type based on the evaluated relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2004Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventor: Shai Benjamin
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Publication number: 20050071130Abstract: A method and apparatus for representing a network and performing operations on the represented network are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of creating at least one configuration non-specific object class associated with components of the network, creating at least one configuration non-specific representation of relationships among associated object classes, representing a behavior relationship among the object classes based on the representations of the relationships among the object classes and analyzing properties of the network based on the behavior relationships. In aspects of the invention, the represented network may be an MPLS network, a VPN or a combined MPLS-VPN.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2004Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventors: Shai Benjamin, Patricia Florissi, William Kuhhirte, Lida He