Granted Patent
B2
US 12,554,520 · App. 17/870,387 · Granted Feb 17, 2026
Automated system and method for extracting and adapting system configurations
Inventors:
John Martin Keagy (San Francisco, CA); Jeffrey Carr (San Francisco, CA); Paul Lappas (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee:
Google LLC
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for extracting and adapting system configuration. The method extracts a first configuration from a first node of a first hosting system. The first node includes several resources for hosting the first configuration. The method analyzes the first configuration in order to determine attributes of the first configuration. The determined attributes are relevant to hosting the first configuration on a second node of a second hosting system having several nodes. The method generates a second configuration based on the determined attributes. The method hosts the second configuration at the second node of the second hosting system.
Claims (30)
1 . A method, comprising:
extracting, by one or more processors, a first operating system and a first kernel that accesses a first set of virtualized hardware, the first set of virtualized hardware provided by a first hypervisor that directly accesses a first set of physical hardware;
determining that the first kernel is incompatible with a second set of virtualized hardware associated with a destination platform, the second set of virtualized hardware provided by a second hypervisor that accesses a second set of physical hardware through a second kernel; and
installing the first operating system onto the second kernel compatible with the second set of virtualized hardware.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second kernel is compatible with the first operating system.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second kernel is compatible with a modified first operating system.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first operating system and the first kernel are extracted from a first node of a first hosting system.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the destination platform corresponds to the second set of physical hardware, the second set of physical hardware being part of a second node of a second hosting system.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the extracting comprises remotely accessing the first node.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the remotely accessing comprises logging in to the first node through a user account.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the remotely accessing comprises running an extraction tool at a computer system that communicatively couples the first node to the second node.
9 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the second node is a computer system.
10 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the second node is a single physical computer system.
11 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the first hosting system is operated by a first service provider and said second hosting system is operated by a different second service provider.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second kernels each comprise an operating system interface and a hardware interface, wherein the operating system interface of the second kernel is different than the operating system interface of the first kernel, and wherein the hardware interface of the second kernel is different from the hardware interface of the first kernel.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the hardware interface of the second kernel is compatible with the second set of virtualized hardware.
14 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
extract a first operating system and a first kernel that accesses a first set of virtualized hardware, the first set of virtualized hardware provided by a first hypervisor that directly accesses a first set of physical hardware;
determine that the first kernel is incompatible with a second set of virtualized hardware associated with a destination platform, the second set of virtualized hardware provided by a second hypervisor that accesses a second set of physical hardware through a second kernel; and
install the first operating system onto the second kernel compatible with the second set of virtualized hardware.
15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the second kernel is compatible with the first operating system.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the second kernel is compatible with a modified first operating system.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the first operating system and the first kernel are extracted from a first node of a first hosting system.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the destination platform corresponds to the second set of physical hardware, the second set of physical hardware being part of a second node of a second hosting system.
19 . A system, comprising:
one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
extract a first operating system and a first kernel that accesses a first set of virtualized hardware, the first set of virtualized hardware provided by a first hypervisor that directly accesses a first set of physical hardware;
determine that the first kernel is incompatible with a second set of virtualized hardware associated with a destination platform, the second set of virtualized hardware provided by a second hypervisor that accesses a second set of physical hardware through a second kernel; and
install the first operating system onto the second kernel compatible with the second set of virtualized hardware.
20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the second kernel is compatible with the first operating system.
Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jul 27, 2022
From: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 060641/0878 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jul 26, 2022
From: GOGRID, LLC
To: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
Reel/Frame 060622/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jul 22, 2022
From: KEAGY, JOHN MARTIN; CARR, JEFFREY; LAPPAS, PAUL
To: SERVEPATH, LLC
Reel/Frame 060593/0400 →
Continuity (13)
Continuation
16903281
· Jun 16, 2020
Continuation
16412359
· May 14, 2019
Continuation
15791274
· Oct 23, 2017
Provisional Application
61165900
· Apr 1, 2009
Provisional Application
61159438
· Mar 11, 2009
Provisional Application
61159437
· Mar 11, 2009
Provisional Application
61145962
· Jan 20, 2009
Provisional Application
61145965
· Jan 20, 2009
Provisional Application
61140838
· Dec 24, 2008
Provisional Application
61140835
· Dec 24, 2008
Provisional Application
61099254
· Sep 23, 2008
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