Patents by Inventor Zach James Shepherd

Zach James Shepherd 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).

  • Hierarchical networking for nested container clusters
    Patent number: 11863352
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel network architecture for deploying guest clusters (GCs) including workload machines for a tenant (or other entity) within an availability zone. The novel network architecture includes a virtual private cloud (VPC) deployed in the availability zone (AZ) that includes a centralized routing element that provides access to a gateway routing element of the AZ. In some embodiments, the centralized routing element provides a set of services for packets traversing a boundary of the VPC. The services, in some embodiments, include load balancing, firewall, quality of service (QoS) and may be stateful or stateless. Guest clusters are deployed within the VPC and use the centralized routing element of the VPC to access the gateway routing element of the AZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Jianjun Shen, Mark Johnson, Gaetano Borgione, Benjamin John Corrie, Derek Beard, Zach James Shepherd, Vinay Reddy
  • HIERARCHICAL NETWORKING FOR NESTED CONTAINER CLUSTERS
    Publication number: 20220038311
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel network architecture for deploying guest clusters (GCs) including workload machines for a tenant (or other entity) within an availability zone. The novel network architecture includes a virtual private cloud (VPC) deployed in the availability zone (AZ) that includes a centralized routing element that provides access to a gateway routing element of the AZ. In some embodiments, the centralized routing element provides a set of services for packets traversing a boundary of the VPC. The services, in some embodiments, include load balancing, firewall, quality of service (QoS) and may be stateful or stateless. Guest clusters are deployed within the VPC and use the centralized routing element of the VPC to access the gateway routing element of the AZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jianjun Shen, Mark Johnson, Gaetano Borgione, Benjamin John Corrie, Derek Beard, Zach James Shepherd, Vinay Reddy