EQUINIX, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140334495 | Direct Connect Virtual Private Interface for a One to Many Connection with Multiple Virtual Private Clouds - Systems and methods include a direct connect virtual private interface includes a physical port configured to receive one physical connection in order to provide two or more virtual connections for multiple virtual private clouds (VPCs) within a public cloud provider's infrastructure. Each public cloud infrastructure has its own multiple VPCs. Each VPC is an on demand configurable pool of shared computing resources allocated within each public cloud provider's infrastructure that provides a certain level of isolation via an access control mechanism between different organizations using the pool of shared computing resources of that VPC's public cloud infrastructure. The direct connect virtual private interface is configured to provision a virtual circuit from the one physical connection between the public cloud infrastructure for each VPC within each public cloud provider's infrastructure. | 11-13-2014 |
20130018753 | ON LINE WEB PORTAL FOR PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS - A web-enabled user interface is provided to enable the carriers of private networks to interact and to offer services to one another. The web-enabled user interface is integrated to a switch fabric configured to provide interconnection services for the carriers. The web-enabled user interface is configured to enable the carriers to assign different roles to different representatives. Each of the representatives is granted certain rights and permissions by an administrator representative based on the representative's role. The web-enabled user interface is configured to present to each representative a unique interface based on their roles thus providing each representative a unique experience. | 01-17-2013 |
20130013442 | REAL TIME CONFIGURATION AND PROVISIONING FOR A CARRIER ETHERNET EXCHANGE - An Ethernet switch platform is configured to receive and process a provisioning order to establish a logical virtual circuit interconnecting a physical port associated with a buying carrier and a physical port associated with a selling carrier to set up a private network to private network connection between the buying and selling carriers. The virtual circuit is established with parameters called for in a request for quote (RFQ) initiated by the buying carrier and in a response to the RFQ submitted by the selling carrier. Information from the RFQ and from the response together with information previously stored in a relational database is extracted and used to fill out the provisioning order. The information extracted from the database include profile information and network service information associated with the buying and selling carriers. | 01-10-2013 |
20110145903 | UNIFIED USER LOGIN FOR CO-LOCATION FACILITIES - A logical customer organization model is applied to group the individual agreements into separate logical customer organizations, wherein the groupings can be region based groupings, organization groupings and departmental groupings. Unified login identification (ID) model is applied to enable a first user to login to a portal using a first login ID to access a first asset in a first asset group according to a first logical customer organization. The unified login ID model enables the first user to use the same first login ID to access a second asset in the first asset group according to the first logical customer organization. The unified login ID model also enables the first user to login to the portal using a second login ID to access one or more assets in a second asset group according to a second logical customer organization. Each of the first and second logical customer organization may be associated with one or more asset groups and one or more user groups. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145399 | PERFORMANCE, ANALYTICS AND AUDITING FRAMEWORK FOR PORTAL APPLICATIONS - A performance, analytics and auditing (PAA) system is configured to operate with a complex web application including a portal application and its sub systems non-intrusively. The PAA system includes a first component configured to capture behavior-related information from the portal application, a second component configured to capture performance-related information from the portal application, a third component configured to capture auditing-related information from the portal application. The PAA system is further configured to start or stop with minimal impact on the portal application, wherein the PAA system is coded using Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) and able to collect information from multiple threads. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145292 | DELEGATED AND RESTRICTED ASSET-BASED PERMISSIONS MANAGEMENT FOR CO-LOCATION FACILITIES - At least one user is designated to manage assets including management delegations, access restrictions, and access permissions. Management responsibilities are applied based on business rules and based on a hierarchical model. The hierarchical model enables a well-defined logical flow of delegations and restrictions with pruning capability. User groups, asset groups, asset trees and asset permissions may be defined. The designated user can manage a single asset or all assets or a subset of assets. An asset may belong to one or more asset groups. | 06-16-2011 |
20110113798 | COOLING TOWER - An apparatus and method for cooling a fluid are disclosed. The apparatus includes a pre-cooling chamber and a main tower in a generally side-by-side configuration. A cooling fluid flows generally transversely through the pre-cooling chamber and the main tower in order to cool the fluid to be cooled. | 05-19-2011 |
20110060846 | NETWORK TO NETWORK INTERFACE (NNI) FOR MULTIPLE PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS - An Ethernet exchanger connected to private Ethernet networks of participating carriers to enable the private Ethernet networks to be interconnected at a common point. The Ethernet exchanger not biased to any participating carrier and is configured to receive, translate and transmit frames from one private Ethernet network to another private Ethernet network. The frame translation is performed by the Ethernet exchanger is based on the profiles of the participating carriers. The profiles are created based on information provided by the participating carriers using templates presented by an online web portal. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060657 | ON LINE WEB PORTAL FOR PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS - A web-enabled user interface is provided to enable the carriers of private networks to interact and to offer services to one another. The web-enabled user interface is integrated to a switch fabric configured to provide interconnection services for the carriers. The web-enabled user interface is configured to enable the carriers to assign different roles to different representatives. Each of the representatives is granted certain rights and permissions by an administrator representative based on the representative's role. The web-enabled user interface is configured to present to each representative a unique interface based on their roles thus providing each representative a unique experience. | 03-10-2011 |
20110058565 | REAL TIME CONFIGURATION AND PROVISIONING FOR A CARRIER ETHERNET EXCHANGE - An Ethernet switch platform is configured to receive and process a provisioning order to establish a logical virtual circuit interconnecting a physical port associated with a buying carrier and a physical port associated with a selling carrier to set up a private network to private network connection between the buying and selling carriers. The virtual circuit is established with parameters called for in a request for quote (RFQ) initiated by the buying carrier and in a response to the RFQ submitted by the selling carrier. Information from the RFQ and from the response together with information previously stored in a relational database is extracted and used to fill out the provisioning order. The information extracted from the database include profile information and network service information associated with the buying and selling carriers. | 03-10-2011 |
20110058547 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR AN INTEGRATED CARRIER ETHERNET EXCHANGE - An Ethernet exchanger is coupled to two or more Ethernet networks to exchange information among the two or more Ethernet networks using virtual circuits. A first Ethernet network is associated with a first carrier and a first port of the Ethernet exchanger. A second Ethernet network is associated with a second carrier and a second port of the Ethernet exchanger. Network information of the first Ethernet network and network information of the second Ethernet network are provided by the respective first carrier and the second carrier and stored in a database. A virtual circuit is provisioned to interconnect the first Ethernet network and the second Ethernet network based on a partnership between the first carrier and the second carrier and based on the stored information about the first network and the second network. The virtual circuit is associated with the first port and the second port. The stored information about the first network or the second network is reusable for subsequent provisioning of other virtual circuits associated with the first carrier or the second carrier. | 03-10-2011 |