Patents by Inventor Ryan Connor Means

Ryan Connor Means 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: 11714683
    Abstract: A playbook execution architecture used to efficiently execute playbooks by distributing the execution of playbook function blocks to multiple independent “worker” sub-processes is described. Each worker process hosts an independent execution environment used to execute playbook function blocks independently from other worker processes, where each worker process can host an execution environment that is the same as or different from execution environments hosted by other work processes, enabling the playbook execution engine to support function blocks written in multiple different programming language versions or programming languages entirely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Roberts, Matthew Hanson, Ryan Connor Means, Jeffrey Roecks, Taotao Yu
  • Patent number: 11240120
    Abstract: Described herein are improvements for generating courses of action for an information technology (IT) environment. In one example, a method includes identifying a first course of action for responding to an incident type in an information technology environment and generating a simulated incident associated with the incident type. The method further includes initiating performance of the first course of action based on the generation of the simulated incident. The method also includes, upon reaching a particular step of the first course of action that prevents the performance of the first course of action from proceeding, providing a first simulated result that allows the performance of the first course of action to proceed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Atif Mahadik, Ryan Connor Means, Govind Salinas, Sourabh Satish
  • Publication number: 20210226852
    Abstract: Described herein are improvements for generating courses of action for an information technology (IT) environment. In one example, a method includes identifying a first course of action for responding to an incident type in an information technology environment and generating a simulated incident associated with the incident type. The method further includes initiating performance of the first course of action based on the generation of the simulated incident. The method also includes, upon reaching a particular step of the first course of action that prevents the performance of the first course of action from proceeding, providing a first simulated result that allows the performance of the first course of action to proceed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Atif Mahadik, Ryan Connor Means, Govind Salinas, Sourabh Satish
  • Patent number: 10985994
    Abstract: Described herein are improvements for generating courses of action for an information technology (IT) environment. In one example, a method includes identifying a first course of action for responding to an incident type in an information technology environment and generating a simulated incident associated with the incident type. The method further includes initiating performance of the first course of action based on the generation of the simulated incident. The method also includes, upon reaching a particular step of the first course of action that prevents the performance of the first course of action from proceeding, providing a first simulated result that allows the performance of the first course of action to proceed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Atif Mahadik, Ryan Connor Means, Govind Salinas, Sourabh Satish