Patents by Inventor Jeff Hilland

Jeff Hilland 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).

  • Information model registry and brokering in virtualized environments
    Patent number: 7966394
    Abstract: A system for coordinating information between management entities includes a CIMOM registry broker storing registration information for CIMOMs in the system. The CIMOM registry broker is operable to extract objects from at least some of the CIMOMs in response to a request from an entity external to the system. The CIMOM registry broker is also operable to correlate information in the extracted objects into a single response table, and send the single response table to the entity external to the system. The system also includes a plurality of agents, wherein each agent is associated with one of the CIMOMs and is operable to communicate information from the CIMOMs to the CIMOM registry broker. The system also includes at least one management channel providing bidirectional communication between the CIMOM registry broker and the agents in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Vanish Talwar, Partha Ranganathan, Jeff Hilland