US 12079667

Here's a concise summary of US Patent 12079667:

Title: Virtual systems management

Assignee: TOUTVIRTUAL Inc. (Original Assignee). Reassigned to WYE IP CAPITAL LLC on 2025-09-29.

Inventor: Vipul Pabari

Filing Date: 2023-04-14

Issue Date: 2024-09-03

Abstract: The patent describes an apparatus and method for automatic configuration management of a network. It focuses on a virtualization system with an inventory of physical resources and virtual assets, where virtual assets are software instantiations of computer systems. The system receives a request for virtual asset provisioning with specific parameters and data on available inventory. It then automatically provisions a virtual asset to a physical resource that matches the request's parameters, assigns this provisioned asset to the request, and grants user access.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Independent Claim 1 (Method): This claim describes a method for automatically managing a network virtualization environment. It involves:

  1. Maintaining an inventory of physical resources and virtual assets managed by a virtualization layer running on those physical resources. Virtual assets are software representations of computer systems.
  2. Receiving a request to provision a virtual asset, which includes specific parameters (e.g., CPU, memory, storage, network configuration).
  3. Receiving data about the current inventory available in the virtualization system.
  4. Automatically provisioning a virtual asset to a specific physical resource within the system that aligns with the parameters in the provisioning request.
  5. Assigning the newly provisioned virtual asset to fulfill the request.
  6. Providing user access to this provisioned virtual asset.
  7. Performing these actions without regard to the specific processor (CPU), operating system (OS), virtualization platform, or application software of the virtualization environment.

• Independent Claim 15 (System): This claim defines a system for automatically managing a network virtualization environment. The system includes:

  1. A control center application.
  2. A virtual mapping engine within the control center application configured to discover and inventory physical resources and virtual assets in the network.
  3. A provisioning manager within the control center application configured to automatically provision virtual assets to physical resources based on provisioning requests and available inventory.
  4. This system is characterized by being able to provision virtual assets regardless of the underlying processor (CPU), operating system (OS), or virtualization platform software of the virtualization environment.

• Independent Claim 23 (Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium): This claim covers a non-transitory computer-readable medium (e.g., a hard drive, solid-state drive) storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the method outlined in Claim 1. This means the computer program itself, when stored on a suitable medium, is claimed.

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