Patents by Inventor Lawrence James McDonough

Lawrence James McDonough 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).

  • Patent number: 11374832
    Abstract: Various examples are described for the integration and customization of third-party applications and services with computing infrastructure of a data center. One or more computing devices can maintain a remote computing environment for an enterprise that provides at least one remote computing service on behalf of the enterprise. A portal can be provided that is configured to, from an entity not associated with the remote computing environment, receive a specification of information associated with one of a plurality of third-party services and compatibility criteria of the one of the third-party services. Existing infrastructure used by the remote computing environment in providing the at least one remote computing service is identified. Third-party services that are compatible with the existing infrastructure is identified and presented in a console in association with operation of the remote computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Finch, Zohar Schafir Hirshfeld, Shanqiang Huang, Lawrence James McDonough
  • Publication number: 20200358671
    Abstract: Various examples are described for the integration and customization of third-party applications and services with computing infrastructure of a data center. One or more computing devices can maintain a remote computing environment for an enterprise that provides at least one remote computing service on behalf of the enterprise. A portal can be provided that is configured to, from an entity not associated with the remote computing environment, receive a specification of information associated with one of a plurality of third-party services and compatibility criteria of the one of the third-party services. Existing infrastructure used by the remote computing environment in providing the at least one remote computing service is identified. Third-party services that are compatible with the existing infrastructure is identified and presented in a console in association with operation of the remote computing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Travis Finch, Zohar Schafir Hirshfeld, Shanqiang Huang, Lawrence James McDonough
  • Patent number: 10735280
    Abstract: Various examples are described for the integration and customization of third-party applications and services with computing infrastructure of a data center. One or more computing devices can maintain a remote computing environment for an enterprise that provides at least one remote computing service on behalf of the enterprise. The one or more computing devices can identify existing infrastructure used by the remote computing environment in providing the at least one remote computing service, identify third-party services that are compatible with the existing infrastructure, present the third-party services in a console in association with operation of the remote computing environment, and in an instance in which one of the third-party services is selected for deployment in the console, automatically reconfigure the remote computing environment to include the one of the third-party services selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Travis Finch, Zohar Schafir Hirshfeld, Shanqiang Huang, Lawrence James McDonough
  • Publication number: 20200244549
    Abstract: Various examples are described for the integration and customization of third-party applications and services with computing infrastructure of a data center. One or more computing devices can maintain a remote computing environment for an enterprise that provides at least one remote computing service on behalf of the enterprise. The one or more computing devices can identify existing infrastructure used by the remote computing environment in providing the at least one remote computing service, identify third-party services that are compatible with the existing infrastructure, present the third-party services in a console in association with operation of the remote computing environment, and in an instance in which one of the third-party services is selected for deployment in the console, automatically reconfigure the remote computing environment to include the one of the third-party services selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Travis Finch, Zohar Schafir Hirshfeld, Shanqiang Huang, Lawrence James McDonough