Patents by Inventor Matthew R. Hogstrom

Matthew R. Hogstrom 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).

  • System for securing virtual machine disks on a remote shared storage subsystem
    Patent number: 8539222
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, data processing system and computer program product for secure distribution of virtualized storage. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for secure distribution of virtualized storage in a host in a cloud computing can include composing at least one virtual machine (VM) disk in a secure container and configured to deploy VM images into a cloud computing environment, encrypting the composed at least one VM disk, transmitting the encrypted VM disk to a hypervisor in the cloud computing environment receiving a request to activate a VM instance and generating a bootloader in the secure container, transmitting the bootloader to the hypervisor in the cloud computing environment and providing a key to the bootloader to unlock the at least one VM disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rohith Ashok, Matthew R. Hogstrom, Ian N. Whalley
  • System for securing virtual machine disks on a remote shared storage subsystem
    Patent number: 8495356
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, data processing system and computer program product for secure distribution of virtualized storage. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for secure distribution of virtualized storage in a host in a cloud computing can include composing at least one virtual machine (VM) disk in a secure container and configured to deploy VM images into a cloud computing environment, encrypting the composed at least one VM disk, transmitting the encrypted VM disk to a hypervisor in the cloud computing environment receiving a request to activate a VM instance and generating a bootloader in the secure container, transmitting the bootloader to the hypervisor in the cloud computing environment and providing a key to the bootloader to unlock the at least one VM disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rohith Ashok, Matthew R. Hogstrom, Ian N. Whalley
  • SYSTEM FOR SECURING VIRTUAL MACHINE DISKS ON A REMOTE SHARED STORAGE SUBSYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120173866
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, data processing system and computer program product for secure distribution of virtualized storage. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for secure distribution of virtualized storage in a host in a cloud computing can include composing at least one virtual machine (VM) disk in a secure container and configured to deploy VM images into a cloud computing environment, encrypting the composed at least one VM disk, transmitting the encrypted VM disk to a hypervisor in the cloud computing environment receiving a request to activate a VM instance and generating a bootloader in the secure container, transmitting the bootloader to the hypervisor in the cloud computing environment and providing a key to the bootloader to unlock the at least one VM disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rohith Ashok, Matthew R. Hogstrom, Ian N. Whalley
  • SYSTEM FOR SECURING VIRTUAL MACHINE DISKS ON A REMOTE SHARED STORAGE SUBSYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120173871
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, data processing system and computer program product for secure distribution of virtualized storage. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for secure distribution of virtualized storage in a host in a cloud computing can include composing at least one virtual machine (VM) disk in a secure container and configured to deploy VM images into a cloud computing environment, encrypting the composed at least one VM disk, transmitting the encrypted VM disk to a hypervisor in the cloud computing environment receiving a request to activate a VM instance and generating a bootloader in the secure container, transmitting the bootloader to the hypervisor in the cloud computing environment and providing a key to the bootloader to unlock the at least one VM disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rohith Ashok, Matthew R. Hogstrom, Ian N. Whalley