Patents by Inventor Gregory Burk

Gregory Burk 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE ASSET CAPABILITIES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT USING A COMMON AGENT FRAMEWORK
    Publication number: 20180276009
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to manage asset in a computing environment using a common agent framework. An example method includes maintaining a catalog of capabilities available to an asset based on plugins installed at the asset. The example method also includes determining whether a capability is installed at the asset based on the catalog of capabilities, and installing the capability at the asset when the capability is not installed at the asset. The example method also includes receiving, at the asset, a request to perform the capability, validating, via a processor, the request, and, in response to the validating, performing the capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Williams, Gregory Burk, Michael Donahue
  • Methods and apparatus to manage asset capabilities in a computing environment using a common agent framework
    Patent number: 10007534
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to manage asset in a computing environment using a common agent framework. An example method includes maintaining a catalog of capabilities available to an asset based on plugins installed at the asset. The example method also includes determining whether a capability is installed at the asset based on the catalog of capabilities, and installing the capability at the asset when the capability is not installed at the asset. The example method also includes receiving, at the asset, a request to perform the capability, validating, via a processor, the request, and, in response to the validating, performing the capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Williams, Gregory Burk, Michael Donahue
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE ASSET CAPABILITIES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT USING A COMMON AGENT FRAMEWORK
    Publication number: 20170046181
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to manage asset in a computing environment using a common agent framework. An example method includes maintaining a catalog of capabilities available to an asset based on plugins installed at the asset. The example method also includes determining whether a capability is installed at the asset based on the catalog of capabilities, and installing the capability at the asset when the capability is not installed at the asset. The example method also includes receiving, at the asset, a request to perform the capability, validating, via a processor, the request, and, in response to the validating, performing the capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Williams, Gregory Burk, Michael Donahue