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James Michael Ferris
Also filed as: FERRIS JAMES · FERRIS JAMES M · FERRIS JAMES MICHAEL
94 granted patents·8 pending applications·1,729 citations·filing 2005–2021
99Inventor score
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102 records- 0199US9344484B2Determining consistencies in staged replication data to improve data migration efficiency in cloud based networksFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted May 17, 2016·228 cites·18 claims
- 0298US8504689B2Methods and systems for cloud deployment analysis featuring relative cloud resource importanceFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 6, 2013·82 cites·20 claims
- 0398US8255529B2Methods and systems for providing deployment architectures in cloud computing environmentsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 28, 2012·75 cites·19 claims
- 0498US8108912B2Systems and methods for management of secure data in cloud-based networkFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 31, 2012·106 cites·29 claims
- 0597US10097438B2Detecting events in cloud computing environments and performing actions upon occurrence of the eventsRED HAT INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 9, 2018·23 cites·17 claims
- 0697US8924539B2Combinatorial optimization of multiple resources across a set of cloud-based networksFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 30, 2014·51 cites·20 claims
- 0797US8909784B2Migrating subscribed services from a set of clouds to a second set of cloudsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 9, 2014·34 cites·20 claims
- 0897US8402139B2Methods and systems for matching resource requests with cloud computing environmentsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 19, 2013·50 cites·20 claims
- 0996US9037692B2Multiple cloud marketplace aggregationFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted May 19, 2015·47 cites·21 claims
- 1096US8612615B2Systems and methods for identifying usage histories for producing optimized cloud utilizationFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 17, 2013·41 cites·18 claims
- 1196US8606897B2Systems and methods for exporting usage history data as input to a management platform of a target cloud-based networkFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 10, 2013·34 cites·18 claims
- 1296US8239509B2Systems and methods for management of virtual appliances in cloud-based networkFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 7, 2012·48 cites·22 claims
- 1396US7886038B2Methods and systems for user identity management in cloud-based networksRED HAT INC·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 8, 2011·59 cites·24 claims
- 1495US8713147B2Matching a usage history to a new cloudFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 29, 2014·30 cites·17 claims
- 1595US8612577B2Systems and methods for migrating software modules into one or more cloudsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 17, 2013·30 cites·20 claims
- 1695US8612566B2Systems and methods for management of virtual appliances in cloud-based networkFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 17, 2013·23 cites·14 claims
- 1795US8606667B2Systems and methods for managing a software subscription in a cloud networkFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 10, 2013·29 cites·18 claims
- 1895US8606878B2Systems and methods for de-populating cloud data storeFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 10, 2013·28 cites·24 claims
- 1995US8364819B2Systems and methods for cross-vendor mapping service in cloud networksRED HAT INC·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 29, 2013·28 cites·20 claims
- 2094US9354939B2Generating customized build options for cloud deployment matching usage profile against cloud infrastructure optionsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted May 31, 2016·22 cites·15 claims
- 2194US8954564B2Cross-cloud vendor mapping service in cloud marketplaceFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 10, 2015·21 cites·20 claims
- 2294US8769083B2Metering software infrastructure in a cloud computing environmentFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 1, 2014·28 cites·22 claims
- 2393US10924506B2Monitoring cloud computing environmentsRED HAT INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 16, 2021·8 cites·20 claims
- 2493US9563479B2Brokering optimized resource supply costs in host cloud-based network using predictive workloadsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 7, 2017·21 cites·23 claims
- 2593US9529689B2Monitoring cloud computing environmentsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 27, 2016·23 cites·20 claims
- 2693US9419913B2Provisioning cloud resources in view of weighted importance indicatorsRED HAT INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 16, 2016·14 cites·20 claims
- 2793US8909783B2Managing multi-level service level agreements in cloud-based networkFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 9, 2014·18 cites·20 claims
- 2893US8849971B2Load balancing in cloud-based networksFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 30, 2014·28 cites·17 claims
- 2993US8504443B2Methods and systems for pricing software infrastructure for a cloud computing environmentFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 6, 2013·32 cites·20 claims
- 3093US8341625B2Systems and methods for identification and management of cloud-based virtual machinesFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 25, 2012·70 cites·26 claims
- 3192US10389651B2Generating application build options in cloud computing environmentRED HAT INC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 20, 2019·9 cites·19 claims
- 3292US8639950B2Systems and methods for management of secure data in cloud-based networkFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 28, 2014·14 cites·18 claims
- 3391US9112836B2Management of secure data in cloud-based networkRED HAT INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 18, 2015·11 cites·15 claims
- 3490US10757035B2Provisioning cloud resourcesRED HAT INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 25, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 3590US9202225B2Aggregate monitoring of utilization data for vendor products in cloud networksFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 1, 2015·15 cites·20 claims
- 3690US8904005B2Indentifying service dependencies in a cloud deploymentFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 2, 2014·36 cites·20 claims
- 3790US8880700B2Delivery of user-controlled resources in cloud environments via a resource specification language wrapperFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 4, 2014·14 cites·19 claims
- 3889US10025627B2On-demand cloud computing environmentsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 17, 2018·15 cites·13 claims
- 3989US9306868B2Cross-cloud computing resource usage trackingRED HAT INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 5, 2016·7 cites·20 claims
- 4089US9052939B2Data compliance management associated with cloud migration eventsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 9, 2015·12 cites·16 claims
- 4188US9736252B2Migrating subscribed services in a cloud deploymentFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 15, 2017·11 cites·9 claims
- 4288US9053472B2Offering additional license terms during conversion of standard software licenses for use in cloud computing environmentsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 9, 2015·8 cites·20 claims
- 4387US8977750B2Extending security platforms to cloud-based networksFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 10, 2015·15 cites·20 claims
- 4486US10268522B2Service aggregation using graduated service levels in a cloud networkFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 23, 2019·15 cites·21 claims
- 4586US9407572B2Multiple cloud marketplace aggregationRED HAT INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 2, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 4685US9547407B2Configuration assistance using a knowledgebaseRED HAT INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 17, 2017·7 cites·20 claims
- 4785US9389980B2Detecting events in cloud computing environments and performing actions upon occurrence of the eventsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 12, 2016·11 cites·20 claims
- 4885US8984269B2Migrating data among cloud-based storage networks via a data distribution serviceFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 17, 2015·8 cites·16 claims
- 4984US8935692B2Self-management of virtual machines in cloud-based networksFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 13, 2015·13 cites·21 claims
- 5084US8407284B2Systems and methods for cloud data deployment based on preferential and/or existing subscription relationshipsFERRIS JAMES MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 26, 2013·7 cites·20 claims
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