Patents by Inventor Steven Whittle

Steven Whittle 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: 9973439
    Abstract: Processing infrastructure metadata information about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud is disclosed. Infrastructure metadata information is collected. The collected metadata information is about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud. A storage of infrastructure metadata information is updated. The updating of the storage of infrastructure metadata information is performed using the collected information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Infoblox Inc.
    Inventors: Soheil Eizadi, Steven Whittle, Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9930007
    Abstract: Provisioning an Internet Protocol address is disclosed. A request to provision an Internet Protocol address to a virtual resource is received. An Internet Protocol address is automatically determined to allocate to the virtual resource. The determined Internet Protocol address was selected from a group of Internet Protocol addresses potentially available to be assigned to the virtual resource of the received request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Infoblox Inc.
    Inventors: Soheil Eizadi, Steven Whittle, Chuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20170187677
    Abstract: Provisioning an Internet Protocol address is disclosed. A request to provision an Internet Protocol address to a virtual resource is received. An Internet Protocol address is automatically determined to allocate to the virtual resource. The determined Internet Protocol address was selected from a group of Internet Protocol addresses potentially available to be assigned to the virtual resource of the received request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Soheil Eizadi, Steven Whittle, Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9634983
    Abstract: Provisioning an Internet Protocol address is disclosed. A request to provision an Internet Protocol address to a virtual resource is received. An Internet Protocol address is automatically determined to allocate to the virtual resource. An Internet Protocol Address Management appliance is used to automatically allocate the determined Internet Protocol address to the virtual resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Infoblox Inc.
    Inventors: Soheil Eizadi, Steven Whittle, Chuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20160315872
    Abstract: Processing infrastructure metadata information about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud is disclosed. Infrastructure metadata information is collected. The collected metadata information is about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud. A storage of infrastructure metadata information is updated. The updating of the storage of infrastructure metadata information is performed using the collected information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Soheil Eizadi, Steven Whittle, Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9430295
    Abstract: Processing infrastructure metadata information about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud is disclosed. Infrastructure metadata information is collected. The collected metadata information is about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud. A storage of infrastructure metadata information is updated. The updating of the storage of infrastructure metadata information is performed using the collected information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Infoblox Inc.
    Inventors: Soheil Eizadi, Steven Whittle, Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9369429
    Abstract: Techniques for associating text strings with numeric numbers for IP address management are provided. In some embodiments, various techniques for an IPAM device for associating text strings with numeric numbers for IP address management are disclosed. In some embodiments, system, method, and/or computer program product for an Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) system for managing an Internet Protocol (IP) address space for an enterprise network, includes associating a text string with a substring of a network address; and storing the text string in association with the substring of the network address in the IPAM system for managing the IP address space for the enterprise network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Infoblox Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Whittle, Etienne M. Liu, Frederic Andrew Voltmer, Barry Arlen Frew
  • Publication number: 20160043991
    Abstract: Provisioning an Internet Protocol address is disclosed. A request to provision an Internet Protocol address to a virtual resource is received. An Internet Protocol address is automatically determined to allocate to the virtual resource. An Internet Protocol Address Management appliance is used to automatically allocate the determined Internet Protocol address to the virtual resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Soheil Eizadi, Steven Whittle, Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9124633
    Abstract: Provisioning an Internet Protocol address is disclosed. A request to provision an Internet Protocol address to a virtual resource is received. An Internet Protocol address is automatically determined to allocate to the virtual resource. An Internet Protocol Address Management appliance is used to automatically allocate the determined Internet Protocol address to the virtual resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Infoblox Inc.
    Inventors: Soheil Eizadi, Steven Whittle, Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 8775629
    Abstract: Techniques for graphically organizing networks by multiple criteria for IP address management network migration are provided. In some embodiments, various techniques for an IPAM device for graphically organizing networks by multiple criteria for IP address management network migration are disclosed. In some embodiments, system, method, and/or computer program product for managing an Internet Protocol (IP) address space for an enterprise network, includes determining a first set of networks associated with a first attribute; and allocating new network addresses for assigning to each of the first set of networks, wherein the new network addresses are allocated based on a contiguous network address allocation criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Infoblox Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Whittle