US 12,260,246 B2
External communication with packaged virtual machine applications without networking
Joshua Schnee, Austin, TX (US); Douglas Jr. Baer, Mesa, AZ (US); Joseph Dieckhans, Fremont, CA (US); and Pablo Roesch, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/470,588.
Application 18/470,588 is a division of application No. 15/876,913, filed on Jan. 22, 2018, granted, now 11,797,326.
Prior Publication US 2024/0004692 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 61/50 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [G06F 9/547 (2013.01); H04L 61/50 (2022.05); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for communicating with a virtual computing instance in an isolated environment from outside the isolated environment, the computer-implemented method comprising:
retrieving a network address value of an unconnected network interface, wherein:
the network address value includes information encoded by the virtual computing instance in the isolated environment; and
the unconnected network interface is a network interface of the virtual computing instance or of another virtual computing instance in the isolated environment; and
decoding the encoded information in the retrieved network address value.