Patents by Inventor Gregory J. Atchity

Gregory J. Atchity 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).

  • Unix password replication to a set of computers
    Patent number: 10757095
    Abstract: A method of replicating a UNIX password from a source computer to a delimited set of target computers performed by an application executing on a computer system. The method comprises receiving an identity of a source computer, determining a date of a UNIX password associated with a user identity configured on the source computer, determining that the UNIX password associated with the user identity configured on the source computer is less than a predefined number of days old, receiving identities of a plurality of target computers, reading an encrypted UNIX password associated with the user identity from the source computer, and, for each of the target computers, writing the encrypted UNIX password into an entry associated to the user identity in a password file on the target computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Atchity, Bruce E. Hoffmann, Christopher D. Smith
  • Virtual server resource monitoring and management
    Patent number: 9258252
    Abstract: A system is provided that monitors a first and second virtual server on a first physical server containing a physical processor, monitors physical processor usage wherein capacity is allocated to a first entitlement comprising a first percentage of the capacity guaranteed to the first virtual server, to a second entitlement comprising a second percentage guaranteed to the second virtual server, and to a third percentage one of unallocated and partially and totally allocated to a virtual server based on need, and wherein the percentages total to one hundred percent. The system monitors usage of a first virtual processor associated with the first virtual server, receives a request for first virtual processor utilization by percentage, determines utilization comprising first virtual processor usage divided by a first allocated processing capacity comprising the first entitlement and a portion of the third percentage currently allocated to the first virtual server, and reports the utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Atchity, Michael R. Hartwig, Dustin T. Holub, Justin A. Martin, Terry L. Reeves, Brian J. Washburn
  • Virtual server resource monitoring and management
    Patent number: 8825858
    Abstract: A system is provided that monitors a first and second virtual server on a first physical server containing a physical processor, monitors physical processor usage wherein capacity is allocated to a first entitlement comprising a first percentage of the capacity guaranteed to the first virtual server, to a second entitlement comprising a second percentage guaranteed to the second virtual server, and to a third percentage one of unallocated and partially and totally allocated to a virtual server based on need, and wherein the percentages total to one hundred percent. The system monitors usage of a first virtual processor associated with the first virtual server, receives a request for first virtual processor utilization by percentage, determines utilization comprising first virtual processor usage divided by a first allocated processing capacity comprising the first entitlement and a portion of the third percentage currently allocated to the first virtual server, and reports the utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Atchity, Michael R. Hartwig, Dustin T. Holub, Justin A. Martin, Terry L. Reeves, Brian J. Washburn