Patents by Inventor Wayne Kent Vincent

Wayne Kent Vincent 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).

  • Efficient virtual machine management
    Patent number: 8683464
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to dynamically creating and managing a plurality of virtual machines and automating the instantiation and provisioning of a plurality of virtual machines. A computer system receives a user request to create virtual machines, where each virtual machine is controlled by an associated workflow. The computer system accesses a provisioning schema that indicates various configuration settings that are to be used by the associated workflow when provisioning the virtual machines. The computer system initiates a virtual service layer configured to support multiple virtual machine hosts, where each host is configured to operate at least one virtual machine. The computer system also instantiates the virtual machines on at least one virtual machine host according to the accessed provisioning schema, so that each virtual machine is provisioned according to the indicated configuration settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Rozee, Sergio Cherskov, Michael James Allman, Wayne Kent Vincent
  • EFFICIENT VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20100313200
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to dynamically creating and managing a plurality of virtual machines and automating the instantiation and provisioning of a plurality of virtual machines. A computer system receives a user request to create virtual machines, where each virtual machine is controlled by an associated workflow. The computer system accesses a provisioning schema that indicates various configuration settings that are to be used by the associated workflow when provisioning the virtual machines. The computer system initiates a virtual service layer configured to support multiple virtual machine hosts, where each host is configured to operate at least one virtual machine. The computer system also instantiates the virtual machines on at least one virtual machine host according to the accessed provisioning schema, so that each virtual machine is provisioned according to the indicated configuration settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David B. Rozee, Sergio Cherskov, Michael Allman, Wayne Kent Vincent