Patents by Inventor Colin Patrick Jack

Colin Patrick Jack 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).

  • Method and system for supporting wake-on-LAN for selectively powering on a powered off virtual machine having no network connectivity
    Patent number: 8661439
    Abstract: A method and system for supporting Wake-on-LAN technology in a virtualized environment is described. An improved virtual switch comprises a listener, which receives a power-on message on behalf of virtual machines, extracts addresses of the virtual machines to be powered on, which are embedded in the power-on message, compares the extracted addresses with addresses of the virtual machines stored in a database, and selectively powers on those virtual machines for which the extracted and stored addresses match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Embotics Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marc L. Seguin, Colin Patrick Jack
  • Method and system for supporting Wake-on-LAN in a virtualized environment
    Patent number: 8327356
    Abstract: A method and system for supporting Wake-on-LAN technology in a virtualized environment is described. An improved virtual switch comprises a listener, which receives a power-on message on behalf of virtual machines, extracts addresses of the virtual machines to be powered on, which are embedded in the power-on message, compares the extracted addresses with addresses of the virtual machines stored in a database, and selectively powers on those virtual machines for which the extracted and stored addresses match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Embotics Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marc L. Seguin, Colin Patrick Jack
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING WAKE-ON-LAN IN A VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20090241113
    Abstract: A method and system for supporting Wake-on-LAN technology in a virtualized environment is described. An improved virtual switch comprises a listener, which receives a power-on message on behalf of virtual machines, extracts addresses of the virtual machines to be powered on, which are embedded in the power-on message, compares the extracted addresses with addresses of the virtual machines stored in a database, and selectively powers on those virtual machines for which the extracted and stored addresses match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Marc L. Seguin, Colin Patrick Jack