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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2010
Applicants:
Paul Lemahieu, Pasadena, CA (US);
Steven Halzel, Ashland, MA (US);
Jane M. Lawler, Lexington, MA (US);
Jake Frazier, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paul LeMahieu, Pasadena, CA (US);
Steven Halzel, Ashland, MA (US);
Jane M. Lawler, Lexington, MA (US);
Jake Frazier, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for efficiently processing information. In some embodiments, this includes selecting a service to add to a storage array, determining a virtual appliance associated with the service, and instantiating the virtual appliance. In some embodiments, instantiating the virtual appliance includes instantiating an image of the virtual appliance.