Patents by Inventor Steven M. Loranz

Steven M. Loranz 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).

  • Building virtual machine disk images for different cloud configurations from a single generic virtual machine disk image
    Patent number: 10445121
    Abstract: A computer system receives a request to instantiate a virtual machine (VM) in a first target cloud and a second target cloud. The target clouds operate with different configuration parameters. The system modifies a generic VM disk image that is not formatted for the first or second target cloud to create a cloud-formatted VM disk image for the first target cloud and a cloud-formatted VM disk image for the second target cloud. The first target cloud cloud-formatted VM disk image is based on the first target cloud configuration parameters, and the second target cloud cloud-formatted VM disk image is based on the second target cloud configuration parameters. The system instantiates a VM in the first target cloud using the first target cloud cloud-formatted VM disk image and a VM in the second target cloud using the second target cloud cloud-formatted VM disk image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Red Hat Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Scott McLeod, Steven M. Loranz, Christopher Lalancette, John Dunning, Carl C. Trieloff
  • BUILDING VIRTUAL MACHINE DISK IMAGES FOR DIFFERENT CLOUD CONFIGURATIONS FROM A SINGLE GENERIC VIRTUAL MACHINE DISK IMAGE
    Publication number: 20130227089
    Abstract: A computer system receives a request to instantiate a virtual machine (VM) in a first target cloud and a second target cloud. The target clouds operate with different configuration parameters. The system modifies a generic VM disk image that is not formatted for the first or second target cloud to create a cloud-formatted VM disk image for the first target cloud and a cloud-formatted VM disk image for the second target cloud. The first target cloud cloud-formatted VM disk image is based on the first target cloud configuration parameters, and the second target cloud cloud-formatted VM disk image is based on the second target cloud configuration parameters. The system instantiates a VM in the first target cloud using the first target cloud cloud-formatted VM disk image and a VM in the second target cloud using the second target cloud cloud-formatted VM disk image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: RED HAT INC.
    Inventors: Ian Scott McLeod, Steven M. Loranz, Christopher Lalancette, John Dunning, Carl Trieloff