Patents by Inventor Kevin R. Whitney

Kevin R. Whitney 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).

  • Techniques for deploying virtual machines using a DHCP server to assign reserved IP addresses
    Patent number: 7984125
    Abstract: An improved technique involves providing a set of reserved address assignments to a DHCP server, each reserved address assignment including a unique MAC address and a reserved IP address which are associated with each other via that reserved address assignment. The technique further involves providing a base virtual machine image and a set of unique MAC addresses, and generating multiple virtual machines from the base virtual machine image and the set of unique MAC addresses. Each virtual machine (i) provides a particular unique MAC address of the set of unique MAC addresses to the DHCP server and obtains a particular reserved IP address from the DHCP server via an exchange of DHCP messages between that virtual machine and the DHCP server, and (ii) operates as a networked standalone computer using the particular unique MAC address and the particular reserved IP address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Iron Mountain Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert W. Shaw, Jr., Kevin R. Whitney
  • TECHNIQUES FOR DEPLOYING VIRTUAL MACHINES USING A DHCP SERVER TO ASSIGN RESERVED IP ADDRESSES
    Publication number: 20110119382
    Abstract: An improved technique involves providing a set of reserved address assignments to a DHCP server, each reserved address assignment including a unique MAC address and a reserved IP address which are associated with each other via that reserved address assignment. The technique further involves providing a base virtual machine image and a set of unique MAC addresses, and generating multiple virtual machines from the base virtual machine image and the set of unique MAC addresses. Each virtual machine (i) provides a particular unique MAC address of the set of unique MAC addresses to the DHCP server and obtains a particular reserved IP address from the DHCP server via an exchange of DHCP messages between that virtual machine and the DHCP server, and (ii) operates as a networked standalone computer using the particular unique MAC address and the particular reserved IP address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: IRON MOUNTAIN, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert W. Shaw, JR., Kevin R. Whitney