Patents by Inventor Shruti Parihar

Shruti Parihar 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: 12260242
    Abstract: Examples for managing virtual infrastructure resources in cloud environments can include (1) instantiating an orchestration node for managing local control planes at multiple clouds, (2) instantiating first and second local control planes at different respective clouds, the first and second local control planes interfacing with different respective virtualized infrastructure managers (“VIMs”), where the first and second local control planes establish secure communication with the orchestration node, and (3) deploying, by the orchestration node, services to the first and second local control planes. Further, the first and second local control planes can cause the respective VIMs to manage the services at the different respective clouds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: VMware LLC
    Inventors: Shruti Parihar, Mark Whipple, Sachin Thakkar, Akshatha Sathyanarayan
  • Patent number: 11900139
    Abstract: A method of executing workflows in virtual machines that have been deployed to implement virtual network functions of a network service, wherein the virtual machines are running in a plurality of data centers each having a cloud management server running a cloud computing management software to provision virtual infrastructure resources thereof for a plurality of tenants, includes upon receiving a request to execute a workflow along with a plurality of parameters including first and second parameters at a data center, identifying a virtual machine deployed in the data center, in which the workflow is to be executed based on the first parameter, designating one of a plurality of methods by which the workflow is to be executed in the virtual machine according to the second parameter, and issuing a command to the virtual machine to execute the workflow according to the designated method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Sachin Thakkar, Prashant Waykar, Akshatha Sathyanarayan, Narendra Kumar Basur Shankarappa, Shruti Parihar
  • Publication number: 20230385126
    Abstract: A method of collecting and reporting inventory of resources deployed in a data center that includes hardware resources, a virtualization management software executed to provision virtual resources from the hardware resources, and a cloud management server executed to provision the virtual resources for tenants of the data center, includes the steps of: executing a first API call to the virtualization management software to collect first inventory of virtual resources deployed in the data center and a second API call to the cloud computing management software to collect second inventory of virtual resources deployed in the data center; storing the first and second inventory; and in response to an inventory request from a central orchestrator, initially sending a subset of the stored first and second inventory to the central orchestrator in accordance with parameters included in the inventory request, and thereafter sending updates to the subset to the central orchestrator periodically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sachin Thakkar, Kiran Kumar Cherivirala, Sureshbabu Koyadan Chathoth, Umar Shaikh, Shruti Parihar, Narendra Kumar Basur Shankarappa
  • Patent number: 11755383
    Abstract: A method of collecting and reporting inventory of resources deployed in a data center that includes hardware resources, a virtualization management software executed to provision virtual resources from the hardware resources, and a cloud management server executed to provision the virtual resources for tenants of the data center, includes the steps of: executing a first API call to the virtualization management software to collect first inventory of virtual resources deployed in the data center and a second API call to the cloud computing management software to collect second inventory of virtual resources deployed in the data center; storing the first and second inventory; and in response to an inventory request from a central orchestrator, initially sending a subset of the stored first and second inventory to the central orchestrator in accordance with parameters included in the inventory request, and thereafter sending updates to the subset to the central orchestrator periodically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Sachin Thakkar, Kiran Kumar Cherivirala, Sureshbabu Koyadan Chathoth, Umar Shaikh, Shruti Parihar, Narendra Kumar Basur Shankarappa
  • Publication number: 20220121469
    Abstract: Examples for managing virtual infrastructure resources in cloud environments can include (1) instantiating an orchestration node for managing local control planes at multiple clouds, (2) instantiating first and second local control planes at different respective clouds, the first and second local control planes interfacing with different respective virtualized infrastructure managers (“VIMs”), where the first and second local control planes establish secure communication with the orchestration node, and (3) deploying, by the orchestration node, services to the first and second local control planes. Further, the first and second local control planes can cause the respective VIMs to manage the services at the different respective clouds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Shruti Parihar, Mark Whipple, Sachin Thakkar, Akshatha Sathyanarayan
  • Patent number: 11237861
    Abstract: Examples for managing virtual infrastructure resources in cloud environments can include (1) instantiating an orchestration node for managing local control planes at multiple clouds, (2) instantiating first and second local control planes at different respective clouds, the first and second local control planes interfacing with different respective virtualized infrastructure managers (“VIMs”), where the first and second local control planes establish secure communication with the orchestration node, and (3) deploying, by the orchestration node, services to the first and second local control planes. Further, the first and second local control planes can cause the respective VIMs to manage the services at the different respective clouds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Shruti Parihar, Mark Whipple, Sachin Thakkar, Akshatha Sathyanarayan
  • Patent number: 11146623
    Abstract: An orchestrator process can efficiently distribute images of virtual network functions (“VNFs”) in a telco network. The images can be accompanied by metadata that describes VNF requirements, such as computing requirements and functional characteristics. Based on the image metadata and location of a virtual infrastructure manager (“VIM”), the orchestrator can select a storage location and deploy the image to the storage location. The VIM can instantiate a corresponding VNF by retrieving the image. The orchestrator can track the storage location and cause the VIM to delete the image if the image is not used for a threshold period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Mahesh Jethanandani, Sachin Thakkar, Venu Gopala Rao Kotha, Akshatha Sathyanarayan, Shruti Parihar
  • Publication number: 20210218798
    Abstract: An orchestrator process can efficiently distribute images of virtual network functions (“VNFs”) in a telco network. The images can be accompanied by metadata that describes VNF requirements, such as computing requirements and functional characteristics. Based on the image metadata and location of a virtual infrastructure manager (“VIM”), the orchestrator can select a storage location and deploy the image to the storage location. The VIM can instantiate a corresponding VNF by retrieving the image. The orchestrator can track the storage location and cause the VIM to delete the image if the image is not used for a threshold period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: MAHESH JETHANANDANI, SACHIN THAKKAR, VENU GOPALA RAO KOTHA, AKSHATHA SATHYANARAYAN, SHRUTI PARIHAR
  • Publication number: 20210200600
    Abstract: A method of collecting and reporting inventory of resources deployed in a data center that includes hardware resources, a virtualization management software executed to provision virtual resources from the hardware resources, and a cloud management server executed to provision the virtual resources for tenants of the data center, includes the steps of: executing a first API call to the virtualization management software to collect first inventory of virtual resources deployed in the data center and a second API call to the cloud computing management software to collect second inventory of virtual resources deployed in the data center; storing the first and second inventory; and in response to an inventory request from a central orchestrator, initially sending a subset of the stored first and second inventory to the central orchestrator in accordance with parameters included in the inventory request, and thereafter sending updates to the subset to the central orchestrator periodically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Sachin Thakkar, Kiran Kumar Cherivirala, Sureshbabu Koyadan Chathoth, Umar Shaikh, Shruti Parihar, Narendra Kumar Basur Shankarappa
  • Publication number: 20210132982
    Abstract: A method of executing workflows in virtual machines that have been deployed to implement virtual network functions of a network service, wherein the virtual machines are running in a plurality of data centers each having a cloud management server running a cloud computing management software to provision virtual infrastructure resources thereof for a plurality of tenants, includes upon receiving a request to execute a workflow along with a plurality of parameters including first and second parameters at a data center, identifying a virtual machine deployed in the data center, in which the workflow is to be executed based on the first parameter, designating one of a plurality of methods by which the workflow is to be executed in the virtual machine according to the second parameter, and issuing a command to the virtual machine to execute the workflow according to the designated method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Sachin THAKKAR, Prashant WAYKAR, Akshatha SATHYANARAYAN, Narendra Kumar BASUR SHANKARAPPA, Shruti PARIHAR
  • Publication number: 20200379793
    Abstract: Examples for managing virtual infrastructure resources in cloud environments can include (1) instantiating an orchestration node for managing local control planes at multiple clouds, (2) instantiating first and second local control planes at different respective clouds, the first and second local control planes interfacing with different respective virtualized infrastructure managers (“VIMs”), where the first and second local control planes establish secure communication with the orchestration node, and (3) deploying, by the orchestration node, services to the first and second local control planes. Further, the first and second local control planes can cause the respective VIMs to manage the services at the different respective clouds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Shruti Parihar, Mark Whipple, Sachin Thakkar, Akshatha Sathyanarayan
  • Patent number: 10592384
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for costing Raw-Device Mapping (RDM) disks. A pseudo-datastore is created. The pseudo-datastore represents the RDM disk. The RDM disk includes a mapping file that exposes direct access to a disk identified by a logical unit number (LUN). A unit rate is assigned to the pseudo-datastore, the unit rate representing a cost per unit of storage provided by the RDM disk. Usage of the RDM disk is monitored. A cost is calculated for the usage of the RDM disk for a period of time based on the unit rate assigned to the pseudo-datastore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Hemanth Kumar Pannem, Vipin Balachandran, Prashant Waykar, Shruti Parihar
  • Publication number: 20190391900
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for costing Raw-Device Mapping (RDM) disks. A pseudo-datastore is created. The pseudo-datastore represents the RDM disk. The RDM disk includes a mapping file that exposes direct access to a disk identified by a logical unit number (LUN). A unit rate is assigned to the pseudo-datastore, the unit rate representing a cost per unit of storage provided by the RDM disk. Usage of the RDM disk is monitored. A cost is calculated for the usage of the RDM disk for a period of time based on the unit rate assigned to the pseudo-datastore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hemanth Kumar Pannem, Vipin Balachandran, Prashant Waykar, Shruti Parihar