Patents by Inventor Dave Sheets

Dave Sheets 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 determining a host machine by a virtual machine
    Patent number: 8984504
    Abstract: A method and system provide information by which a host machine on which a virtual machine is running can be determined via a messaging channel between the virtual machines running on the host machine and the host machine. The virtual machine can then determine whether or not it should be executing. In order for the virtual machine to determine whether it can execute, it will need to know information about the host machine on which it will be running. Similarly, a virtual machine can determine whether it has been exposed to any viruses or whether a particular update has been run by knowing the host machines on which it has been run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Becker, Vipul Sharma, Andrew W. Brandt, Dave Sheets
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A HOST MACHINE BY A VIRTUAL MACHINE
    Publication number: 20090183173
    Abstract: A method and system provide information by which a host machine on which a virtual machine is running can be determined via a messaging channel between the virtual machines running on the host machine and the host machine. The virtual machine can then determine whether or not it should be executing. In order for the virtual machine to determine whether it can execute, it will need to know information about the host machine on which it will be running. Similarly, a virtual machine can determine whether it has been exposed to any viruses or whether a particular update has been run by knowing the host machines on which it has been run.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Becker, Vipul Sharma, Andrew W. Brandt, Dave Sheets