Patents by Inventor Danny William Hanson

Danny William Hanson 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).

  • Controller-based configuration proxy
    Patent number: 11201920
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a management controller configured for assisting configuration of a compute node is disclosed. The management controller includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and operable to instruct the processor to assist configuration of the compute node by receiving a request to configure the compute node, obtaining configuration information for the compute node, serving as a proxy emulating a presence of the compute node on a fabric, discontinuing to serve as the proxy after the compute node is configured. In some embodiments, serving as a proxy emulating a presence of the compute node on a fabric may include logging in to the fabric on behalf of the compute node and staying logged in to the fabric while the compute node is being configured with one or more configurable resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Danny William Hanson
  • CONTROLLER-BASED CONFIGURATION PROXY
    Publication number: 20200236170
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a management controller configured for assisting configuration of a compute node is disclosed. The management controller includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and operable to instruct the processor to assist configuration of the compute node by receiving a request to configure the compute node, obtaining configuration information for the compute node, serving as a proxy emulating a presence of the compute node on a fabric, discontinuing to serve as the proxy after the compute node is configured. In some embodiments, serving as a proxy emulating a presence of the compute node on a fabric may include logging in to the fabric on behalf of the compute node and staying logged in to the fabric while the compute node is being configured with one or more configurable resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: Danny William Hanson
  • Controller-based configuration proxy
    Patent number: 10616335
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a management controller configured for assisting configuration of a compute node is disclosed. The management controller includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and operable to instruct the processor to assist configuration of the compute node by receiving a request to configure the compute node, obtaining configuration information for the compute node, serving as a proxy emulating a presence of the compute node on a fabric, discontinuing to serve as the proxy after the compute node is configured. In some embodiments, serving as a proxy emulating a presence of the compute node on a fabric may include logging in to the fabric on behalf of the compute node and staying logged in to the fabric while the compute node is being configured with one or more configurable resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Danny William Hanson
  • CONTROLLER-BASED CONFIGURATION PROXY
    Publication number: 20180054353
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a management controller configured for assisting configuration of a compute node is disclosed. The management controller includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and operable to instruct the processor to assist configuration of the compute node by receiving a request to configure the compute node, obtaining configuration information for the compute node, serving as a proxy emulating a presence of the compute node on a fabric, discontinuing to serve as the proxy after the compute node is configured. In some embodiments, serving as a proxy emulating a presence of the compute node on a fabric may include logging in to the fabric on behalf of the compute node and staying logged in to the fabric while the compute node is being configured with one or more configurable resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Danny William Hanson