公开(公告)号：US20250028791A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18239766

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Bo LIN ,  Qi WU ,  Xi ZENG ,  Kai LOU ,  Dongping CHEN ,  Yi ZENG ,  Danyang LI ,  DongSheng SHEN ,  Donghai HAN

IPC: G06F21/10 ,  H04L9/00

Abstract: Example methods and systems for blockchain-based licensing as a service are described. In one example, a computer system may receive a first request to obtain a first license associated with a first product from a first client system. In response, the computer system may (a) select a first blockchain from multiple blockchains, and (b) generate and store a first non-fungible token (NFT) on the first blockchain to issue the first license. Further, the computer system may receive a second request to obtain a second license associated with the first product or a second product from a second client system. In response, the computer system may (a) select a second blockchain from multiple blockchains, and (b) generate and store a second NFT on the second blockchain to issue the second license.

公开(公告)号：US20240419473A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18348902

申请日：2023-07-07

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Bo LIN ,  Caixia JIANG ,  Xi ZENG ,  Xiao LIANG ,  Kai LOU ,  Chuntao CHEN ,  Danyang LI ,  Qi WU

IPC: G06F9/455 ,  G06F8/70

Abstract: An example method of configuring an entitlement service that manages entitlement of software in a virtualized computing system includes: receiving, at a plug-in of the entitlement service, software component data that specifies a component type and offerings of the component type, the offerings associated with feature sets, the entitlement service executing on a cloud platform in the virtualized computing system; storing, by the plug-in, the software component data in a database; and notifying, by the plug-in, the entitlement service to support entitlement of components of the software having the component type.

公开(公告)号：US20210029146A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16546513

申请日：2019-08-21

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Mani KANCHERLA ,  Jian LAN ,  Xi ZENG ,  Hailing XU ,  K. Antion SHIBAN

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/08

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to managing firewall rules. Embodiments include identifying a plurality of firewall rules for request handling. Embodiments include determining a deny count for each given firewall rule of the plurality of firewall rules based on a number of requests flagged on account of the given firewall rule. Embodiments include determining an anomaly score for each given firewall rule of the plurality of firewall rules indicating a severity of attacks the given firewall rule protects against. Embodiments include determining an urgency measure for each given firewall rule of the plurality of firewall rules based on the deny count for the given firewall rule and the anomaly score for the given firewall rule. Embodiments include determining an update to at least one firewall rule of the plurality of firewall rules based on the urgency measure for each given firewall rule of the plurality of firewall rules.

公开(公告)号：US20250036445A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18451624

申请日：2023-08-17

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Bo LIN ,  Caixia JIANG ,  Xiao LIANG ,  Xi ZENG ,  Qi WU

IPC: G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/50

Abstract: An example method of entitling software in a cloud includes: receiving, from an entitlement agent of the software, an entitlement request at a first entitlement proxy of an entitlement service executing in the cloud; determining, by the entitlement proxy, an entitlement of the software in response to the entitlement request based on an entitlement specification, the entitlement specification provided by an entitlement root of the entitlement service; and sending, by the entitlement proxy, the entitlement to the entitlement agent for application to the software.