Patents by Inventor Michael Spradlin

Michael Spradlin 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 system for automatic assignment and preservation of network configuration for a virtual machine
    Patent number: 9417900
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a system, which provides network configuration to a respective network adapter of a large number of cloned virtual machines. During operation, the system stores one or more network identifiers assignable to a network adapter of a cloned virtual machine in a pool of virtual machines cloned from a parent virtual machine. A respective network identifier corresponds to a respective network configuration. The system then determines whether a network identifier for a network adapter of a cloned virtual machine is available. If so, the system assigns the network identifier to the network adapter in response to the network identifier being available, thereby associating the network adapter with the corresponding network configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Spradlin, Oswald Chen, Hui Li, Frank S. Taylor
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ASSIGNMENT AND PRESERVATION OF NETWORK CONFIGURATION FOR A VIRTUAL MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140366018
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a system, which provides network configuration to a respective network adapter of a large number of cloned virtual machines. During operation, the system stores one or more network identifiers assignable to a network adapter of a cloned virtual machine in a pool of virtual machines cloned from a parent virtual machine. A respective network identifier corresponds to a respective network configuration. The system then determines whether a network identifier for a network adapter of a cloned virtual machine is available. If so, the system assigns the network identifier to the network adapter in response to the network identifier being available, thereby associating the network adapter with the corresponding network configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Spradlin, Oswald Chen, Hui Li, Frank S. Taylor