This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Google Inc.. Active years: 2026.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 2026
Title: Pingpan Cheng and Coordinated Maintenance for Virtual Machine Clusters
Introduction
Pingpan Cheng is an inventor associated with Seattle, Washington, and Google Inc. His patent work addresses the coordination of routine maintenance for groups of virtual machines in cloud computing systems.
Latest Patents
The provided information lists one patent for Cheng: Coordinated maintenance for virtual machine (VM) clusters/pods. The invention describes a cloud system in which interacting virtual machines are organized into pods and supported by dedicated hosts. That host dedication continues during routine maintenance, including when virtual machines are uninstalled. The system can schedule maintenance for a pod and its hosts within a single interval, notify the virtual-machine owner in advance, and allow the owner either to reschedule the coordinated maintenance or arrange separate maintenance intervals for individual virtual machines. Cheng is credited with 1 patent.
Career Highlights
Cheng is associated with Google Inc. The patent described here focuses on coordinating cloud infrastructure maintenance while giving virtual-machine owners advance notice and scheduling options.
Collaborations
The provided information names Isaac Hier and Dmitry Eric Shiraev as Cheng’s coworkers. Their specific roles in the patent or related work are not stated.
Conclusion
Pingpan Cheng’s listed patent presents an approach to scheduling maintenance for virtual-machine pods and their dedicated hosts while preserving options for system owners.
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