Patents by Inventor Xueyang Hu

Xueyang Hu 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).

  • Publication number: 20210286648
    Abstract: Techniques for scheduling and executing functions across a plurality of different Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) infrastructures are provided. In one set of embodiments, a computer system can determine that a function has been invoked, where the computer system implements a spanning FaaS service platform that is communicatively coupled with the plurality of different FaaS infrastructures. In response, the computer system can retrieve metadata associated with the function, where the metadata includes criteria or policies indicating how the function should be scheduled for execution, and can retrieve information associated with each of the plurality of different FaaS infrastructures, where the information includes capabilities or characteristics of each FaaS infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Berndt Jung, Mark Peek, Xueyang Hu, Ivan Mikushin, Karol Stepniewski
  • Patent number: 11042405
    Abstract: Techniques for scheduling and executing functions across a plurality of different Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) infrastructures are provided. In one set of embodiments, a computer system can determine that a function has been invoked, where the computer system implements a spanning FaaS service platform that is communicatively coupled with the plurality of different FaaS infrastructures. In response, the computer system can retrieve metadata associated with the function, where the metadata includes criteria or policies indicating how the function should be scheduled for execution, and can retrieve information associated with each of the plurality of different FaaS infrastructures, where the information includes capabilities or characteristics of each FaaS infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Berndt Jung, Mark Peek, Xueyang Hu, Ivan Mikushin, Karol Stepniewski
  • Publication number: 20200225983
    Abstract: Techniques for scheduling and executing functions across a plurality of different Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) infrastructures are provided. In one set of embodiments, a computer system can determine that a function has been invoked, where the computer system implements a spanning FaaS service platform that is communicatively coupled with the plurality of different FaaS infrastructures. In response, the computer system can retrieve metadata associated with the function, where the metadata includes criteria or policies indicating how the function should be scheduled for execution, and can retrieve information associated with each of the plurality of different FaaS infrastructures, where the information includes capabilities or characteristics of each FaaS infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Berndt Jung, Mark Peek, Xueyang Hu, Ivan Mikushin, Karol Stepniewski