Patents by Inventor DUKE SKARDA

DUKE SKARDA 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: 11310122
    Abstract: A method and system of portable and flexible deployment of dedicated servers in cloud computing. A user input of a selection of a server image template pertaining to a dedicated server to be deployed is received at a first screen at a user interface. The dedicated server is selected according to the user input of the selected server image template. The selected dedicated server is deployed, and an operating system is specified for the selected dedicated server in response to having deployed a server image associated with the selected server image template in the data center at each geographic location of one or more geographic locations. Deploying the selected dedicated server includes booting the selected dedicated server using the specified operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Jones, Duke Skarda
  • Publication number: 20190222488
    Abstract: A method and system of portable and flexible deployment of dedicated servers in cloud computing. A user input of a selection of a server image template pertaining to a dedicated server to be deployed is received at a first screen at a user interface. The dedicated server is selected according to the user input of the selected server image template. The selected dedicated server is deployed, and an operating system is specified for the selected dedicated server in response to having deployed a server image associated with the selected server image template in the data center at each geographic location of one or more geographic locations. Deploying the selected dedicated server includes booting the selected dedicated server using the specified operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Marc Jones, Duke Skarda
  • Patent number: 10326668
    Abstract: A method and system of portable and flexible deployment of dedicated and virtual servers. A user input of an order requesting the deployment of a dedicated or virtual server at a specified data center location is received at a user interface. A user input of a selection of a server image pertaining to the server to be deployed is received at a first screen at the user interface. A second screen is presented to the user at the user interface, which enables the user to select one or more geographic locations of two or more distinct geographic locations, from a menu displayed on the second screen, for storing and deploying the selected server image in a data center at each selected geographic location. The server is selected according to the user input of the selected server image. The selected server is deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SoftLayer Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Jones, Duke Skarda
  • Publication number: 20150263904
    Abstract: A method and system of portable and flexible deployment of dedicated and virtual servers. A user input of an order requesting the deployment of a dedicated or virtual server at a specified data center location is received at a user interface. A user input of a selection of a server image pertaining to the server to be deployed is received at a first screen at the user interface. A second screen is presented to the user at the user interface, which enables the user to select one or more geographic locations of two or more distinct geographic locations, from a menu displayed on the second screen, for storing and deploying the selected server image in a data center at each selected geographic location. The server is selected according to the user input of the selected server image. The selected server is deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Marc Jones, Duke Skarda
  • Patent number: 9098345
    Abstract: A system of portable and flexible deployment of dedicated and virtual servers comprises a plurality of geographically-dispersed data centers comprising a plurality of dedicated servers, a plurality of hosts operable to host a plurality of virtual servers, a management workstation operable to capture dedicated and virtual server images, an image repository operable to store the captured server images, and an intra-data center networking infrastructure enabling communication within the data center. An integrated management system is operable to control and manage deployment of server images to dedicated and virtual servers located in a user-specified data center, and an inter-data center networking infrastructure enables communication between the plurality of data centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Softlayer Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Jones, Duke Skarda
  • Publication number: 20130198354
    Abstract: A system of portable and flexible deployment of dedicated and virtual servers comprises a plurality of geographically-dispersed data centers comprising a plurality of dedicated servers, a plurality of hosts operable to host a plurality of virtual servers, a management workstation operable to capture dedicated and virtual server images, an image repository operable to store the captured server images, and an intra-data center networking infrastructure enabling communication within the data center. An integrated management system is operable to control and manage deployment of server images to dedicated and virtual servers located in a user-specified data center, and an inter-data center networking infrastructure enables communication between the plurality of data centers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: SOFTLAYER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: MARC JONES, DUKE SKARDA