Patents by Inventor Joseph E. SHEETS

Joseph E. SHEETS 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).

  • Method and apparatus for the remote management of virtual network appliances
    Patent number: 9720718
    Abstract: An approach for remotely managing virtual network appliances (VNAs) includes establishing a management virtual circuit (VC) to a hypervisor running on a server at a customer premise, remotely deploying one or more VNAs to the hypervisor, and remotely managing the hypervisor and the one or more VNAs via the management VC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Farrel D. Johnson, Rick L. Ogg, Joseph E. Hirschinger, Joseph E. Sheets
  • Providing out-of-band management traffic and data traffic over a backup path via a dual use device
    Patent number: 9497686
    Abstract: A device may receive incoming network traffic associated with a network device. The device may determine whether the incoming network traffic is management traffic or data traffic. The management traffic may be traffic for performing out-of-band management of the network device, and the data traffic may be traffic other than traffic for performing out-of-band management of the network device. The device may provide, to the network device, the incoming network traffic via a first connection or a second connection based on determining whether the incoming network traffic is management traffic or data traffic. The device may provide the incoming network traffic to the network device via the first connection when the incoming network traffic is management traffic, and may provide the incoming network traffic to the network device via the second connection when the incoming network traffic is data traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Ellison F. Keller, Joseph E. Sheets, James E. Butler
  • PROVIDING OUT-OF-BAND MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC AND DATA TRAFFIC OVER A BACKUP PATH VIA A DUAL USE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160021600
    Abstract: A device may receive incoming network traffic associated with a network device. The device may determine whether the incoming network traffic is management traffic or data traffic. The management traffic may be traffic for performing out-of-band management of the network device, and the data traffic may be traffic other than traffic for performing out-of-band management of the network device. The device may provide, to the network device, the incoming network traffic via a first connection or a second connection based on determining whether the incoming network traffic is management traffic or data traffic. The device may provide the incoming network traffic to the network device via the first connection when the incoming network traffic is management traffic, and may provide the incoming network traffic to the network device via the second connection when the incoming network traffic is data traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ellison F. KELLER, Joseph E. Sheets, James E. Butler
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL NETWORK APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20150160961
    Abstract: An approach for remotely managing virtual network appliances (VNAs) includes establishing a management virtual circuit (VC) to a hypervisor running on a server at a customer premise, remotely deploying one or more VNAs to the hypervisor, and remotely managing the hypervisor and the one or more VNAs via the management VC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Farrel D. JOHNSON, Rick L. OGG, Joseph E. HIRSCHINGER, Joseph E. SHEETS