Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Blair Fritz

Geoffrey Blair Fritz 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).

  • OBTAINING SOFTWARE UPDATES FROM NEIGHBORING HOSTS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230385052
    Abstract: An example method of upgrading a host in a cluster under management of a lifecycle manager in a virtualized computing system includes: receiving, from the lifecycle manager at a host in the cluster being upgraded, a desired software specification for a hypervisor of the host; determining, by the host, a list of required software installation bundles (SIBs) to satisfy the desired software specification; identifying a neighboring host in the cluster for the host; downloading, from the neighboring host to the host, at least a portion of the required SIBs; and executing an upgrade of the hypervisor in the host using the required SIBs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: ARAVINDA HARYADI, MUKUND GUNTI, RITESH RANJAN, DIPESH KUMAR, YUEDONG MU, GEOFFREY BLAIR FRITZ
  • Obtaining software updates from neighboring hosts in a virtualized computing system
    Patent number: 11748089
    Abstract: An example method of upgrading a host in a cluster under management of a lifecycle manager in a virtualized computing system includes: receiving, from the lifecycle manager at a host in the cluster being upgraded, a desired software specification for a hypervisor of the host; determining, by the host, a list of required software installation bundles (SIBs) to satisfy the desired software specification; identifying a neighboring host in the cluster for the host; downloading, from the neighboring host to the host, at least at portion of the required SIBs; and executing an upgrade of the hypervisor in the host using the required SIBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Aravinda Haryadi, Mukund Gunti, Ritesh Ranjan, Dipesh Kumar, Yuedong Mu, Geoffrey Blair Fritz
  • OBTAINING SOFTWARE UPDATES FROM NEIGHBORING HOSTS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230176849
    Abstract: An example method of upgrading a host in a cluster under management of a lifecycle manager in a virtualized computing system includes: receiving, from the lifecycle manager at a host in the cluster being upgraded, a desired software specification for a hypervisor of the host; determining, by the host, a list of required software installation bundles (SIBs) to satisfy the desired software specification; identifying a neighboring host in the cluster for the host; downloading, from the neighboring host to the host, at least at portion of the required SIBs; and executing an upgrade of the hypervisor in the host using the required SIBs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Aravinda Haryadi, Mukund Gunti, Ritesh Ranjan, Dipesh Kumar, Yuedong Mu, Geoffrey Blair Fritz