Patents by Inventor Greg DeKoenigsberg

Greg DeKoenigsberg 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).

  • Utilization of virtual machines by a community cloud
    Patent number: 8677454
    Abstract: A mechanism for utilization of virtual machines by a community cloud is disclosed. A method of the invention includes authenticating a virtual machine (VM) to be joined to a cloud environment managed by a central administrative computing device as a cloud computing resource, wherein the VM is operating on a workstation that is not a dedicated cloud computing resource, updating a database of VMs utilized as cloud computing resources with information of the VM related to its operational status, and providing instructions for the VM to operate as a cloud computing resource, the instructions based on current demand for cloud services of the cloud environment and an overall current supply of cloud computing resources presently available in the cloud environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg DeKoenigsberg, Mike McGrath
  • Mechanism for Utilization of Virtual Machines by a Community Cloud
    Publication number: 20110289555
    Abstract: A mechanism for utilization of virtual machines by a community cloud is disclosed. A method of the invention includes authenticating a virtual machine (VM) to be joined to a cloud environment managed by a central administrative computing device as a cloud computing resource, wherein the VM is operating on a workstation that is not a dedicated cloud computing resource, updating a database of VMs utilized as cloud computing resources with information of the VM related to its operational status, and providing instructions for the VM to operate as a cloud computing resource, the instructions based on current demand for cloud services of the cloud environment and an overall current supply of cloud computing resources presently available in the cloud environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Greg DeKoenigsberg, Mike McGrath