Patents by Inventor Steven R. KAUFER

Steven R. KAUFER 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).

  • Self-terminating or self-shelving virtual machines and workloads
    Patent number: 10394588
    Abstract: Methods comprise receiving a request to perform a predefined operation on at least one of a virtual machine and a workload executing on a host in a first cloud computing environment, identifying a set of credentials to access the first cloud computing environment, and initiating performance of the predefined operation on the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload, wherein the predefined operation comprises at least one of: (i) deleting, and (ii) shelving the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Kaufer, Samuel D. Matzek
  • Self-terminating or self-shelving virtual machines and workloads
    Patent number: 10394587
    Abstract: Systems and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving a request to perform a predefined operation on at least one of a virtual machine and a workload executing on a host in a first cloud computing environment, identifying a set of credentials to access the first cloud computing environment, and initiating performance of the predefined operation on the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload, wherein the predefined operation comprises at least one of: (i) deleting, and (ii) shelving the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Kaufer, Samuel D. Matzek
  • SELF-TERMINATING OR SELF-SHELVING VIRTUAL MACHINES AND WORKLOADS
    Publication number: 20170192808
    Abstract: Systems and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving a request to perform a predefined operation on at least one of a virtual machine and a workload executing on a host in a first cloud computing environment, identifying a set of credentials to access the first cloud computing environment, and initiating performance of the predefined operation on the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload, wherein the predefined operation comprises at least one of: (i) deleting, and (ii) shelving the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Steven R. KAUFER, Samuel D. MATZEK
  • SELF-TERMINATING OR SELF-SHELVING VIRTUAL MACHINES AND WORKLOADS
    Publication number: 20170192809
    Abstract: Methods comprise receiving a request to perform a predefined operation on at least one of a virtual machine and a workload executing on a host in a first cloud computing environment, identifying a set of credentials to access the first cloud computing environment, and initiating performance of the predefined operation on the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload, wherein the predefined operation comprises at least one of: (i) deleting, and (ii) shelving the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Steven R. KAUFER, Samuel D. MATZEK