Creating a group of members based on monitoring a social network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9923859
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13926819

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In a computer-implemented method to facilitate administration of a virtualization infrastructure, operational conditions of members of the virtualization infrastructure are monitored, wherein the members of the virtualization infrastructure are mapped to a social network such that at least a portion of the members of the virtualization infrastructure are also members of the social network. A group of members of the virtualization infrastructure is created within the social network based at least in part on the operational conditions.

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  • VMWARE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Celebi, Emre Menlo Park, US 8 116
Soundararajan, Vijayaraghavan Palo Alto, US 24 288
Spracklen, Lawrence Boulder Creek, US 45 470

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