Patents by Inventor Dan Macpherson

Dan Macpherson 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).

  • Sharing templates and multi-instance cloud deployable applications
    Patent number: 12248798
    Abstract: A method and system determining whether the deployment has been prepared for launch on cloud. The method including receiving, by a server computer, a set of associated image templates to a template repository. The method further including receiving, in the template repository by a processing device of the server computer, a compatible deployable template that is compatible with, and distinct from, the set of associated image templates, wherein the compatible deployable template comprises information for launching the cloud server by starting the plurality of virtual machines from the plurality of virtual machine images together to create a cloud server. The method further including providing the compatible deployable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Macpherson, Scott Wayne Seago
  • SHARING TEMPLATES AND MULTI-INSTANCE CLOUD DEPLOYABLE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210349751
    Abstract: A method and system determining whether the deployment has been prepared for launch on cloud. The method including receiving, by a server computer, a set of associated image templates to a template repository. The method further including receiving, in the template repository by a processing device of the server computer, a compatible deployable template that is compatible with, and distinct from, the set of associated image templates, wherein the compatible deployable template comprises information for launching the cloud server by starting the plurality of virtual machines from the plurality of virtual machine images together to create a cloud server. The method further including providing the compatible deployable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dan Macpherson, Scott Wayne Seago
  • Sharing templates and multi-instance cloud deployable applications
    Patent number: 11086656
    Abstract: A method and system determining whether the deployment has been prepared for launch on cloud. The method including receiving, by a server computer, a set of associated image templates to a template repository. The method further including receiving, in the template repository by a processing device of the server computer, a compatible deployable template that is compatible with, and distinct from, the set of associated image templates, wherein the compatible deployable template comprises information for launching the cloud server by starting the plurality of virtual machines from the plurality of virtual machine images together to create a cloud server. The method further including providing the compatible deployable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Macpherson, Scott Wayne Seago
  • SHARING TEMPLATES AND MULTI-INSTANCE CLOUD DEPLOYABLE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20200272503
    Abstract: A method and system determining whether the deployment has been prepared for launch on cloud. The method including receiving, by a server computer, a set of associated image templates to a template repository. The method further including receiving, in the template repository by a processing device of the server computer, a compatible deployable template that is compatible with, and distinct from, the set of associated image templates, wherein the compatible deployable template comprises information for launching the cloud server by starting the plurality of virtual machines from the plurality of virtual machine images together to create a cloud server. The method further including providing the compatible deployable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Dan Macpherson, Scott Wayne Seago
  • Sharing templates and multi-instance cloud deployable applications
    Patent number: 10671418
    Abstract: A server computer system identifies a set of image templates for building a cloud server image and a compatible deployable template for launching the cloud server image in a template repository. The server computer system associates the set of image templates with the compatible deployable template in the template repository. Upon receiving a user selection, the server computer system obtains the set of image templates and the compatible deployable temple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Macpherson, Scott Wayne Seago
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING TEMPLATES AND MULTI-INSTANCE CLOUD DEPLOYABLE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140196028
    Abstract: A server computer system identifies a set of image templates for building a cloud server image and a compatible deployable template for launching the cloud server image in a template repository. The server computer system associates the set of image templates with the compatible deployable template in the template repository. Upon receiving a user selection, the server computer system obtains the set of image templates and the compatible deployable temple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Macpherson, Scott Wayne Seago