Patents by Inventor Brad K. McConnell

Brad K. McConnell 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).

  • OPTIMIZING ALLOCATION OF ON-DEMAND RESOURCES USING PERFORMANCE ZONES
    Publication number: 20190044833
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention can be used to efficiently allocate on-demand resources to a customer of a data center such as a multi-tenant data center having resources dedicated to given customers, as well as on-demand resources that can be flexibly provisioned to customers using a performance zone concept realized via logical switches to present a single logical network to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Erik V. Carlin, Brad K. McConnell
  • Optimizing allocation of on-demand resources using performance zones
    Patent number: 9992077
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention can be used to efficiently allocate on-demand resources to a customer of a data center such as a multi-tenant data center having resources dedicated to given customers, as well as on-demand resources that can be flexibly provisioned to customers using a performance zone concept realized via logical switches to present a single logical network to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Rackspace US, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik V. Carlin, Brad K. McConnell
  • OPTIMIZING ALLOCATION OF ON-DEMAND RESOURCES USING PERFORMANCE ZONES
    Publication number: 20150188782
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention can be used to efficiently allocate on-demand resources to a customer of a data center such as a multi-tenant data center having resources dedicated to given customers, as well as on-demand resources that can be flexibly provisioned to customers using a performance zone concept realized via logical switches to present a single logical network to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Erik V. Carlin, Brad K. McConnell
  • Optimizing allocation of on-demand resources using performance
    Patent number: 9009319
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention can be used to efficiently allocate on-demand resources to a customer of a data center such as a multi-tenant data center having resources dedicated to given customers, as well as on-demand resources that can be flexibly provisioned to customers using a performance zone concept realized via logical switches to present a single logical network to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Rackspace US, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik V. Carlin, Brad K. McConnell
  • Optimizing Allocation Of On-Demand Resources Using Performance Zones
    Publication number: 20130185436
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention can be used to efficiently allocate on-demand resources to a customer of a data center such as a multi-tenant data center having resources dedicated to given customers, as well as on-demand resources that can be flexibly provisioned to customers using a performance zone concept realized via logical switches to present a single logical network to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Erik V. Carlin, Brad K. McConnell