Patents by Inventor Brian Flad

Brian Flad 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).

  • Patent number: 12236212
    Abstract: A computing infrastructure configuration system and method include an infrastructure-as-code configuration tool providing a configuration language that defines the configuration and operation of the computing infrastructure using a declarative syntax. The declarative syntax is configured to express a plurality of built-in functions that can be executed by the computing infrastructure based on the configuration of the computing infrastructure. The system and method further include a syntax extension from the declarative syntax that expresses one or more provider-defined functions defined by one or more providers, and connected to the configuration tool by a provider protocol, the provider protocol providing the syntax extension to invoke the one or more provider-defined functions via the configuration language to enable the computing infrastructure to call at least one of the one or more of the provider-defined functions for execution by the computing infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: HashiCorp
    Inventors: Omar Ismail, Brian Flad, James Bardin