Patents by Inventor Ken Beck

Ken Beck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Managing remote procedure calls when a server is unavailable
    Patent number: 9141449
    Abstract: A server node can monitor the status of servers in a server cluster. The node may receive an alert indicating that a server in the server cluster is unavailable. In response to the alert, the node can send instructions that cause pending remote procedure call requests to be canceled and then reissued to another server in the server cluster instead of to the first server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Nagaraj Shyam, Craig Harmer, Ken Beck
  • MANAGING REMOTE PROCEDURE CALLS WHEN A SERVER IS UNAVAILABLE
    Publication number: 20110107358
    Abstract: A server node can monitor the status of servers in a server cluster. The node may receive an alert indicating that a server in the server cluster is unavailable. In response to the alert, the node can send instructions that cause pending remote procedure call requests to be canceled and then reissued to another server in the server cluster instead of to the first server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SYMANTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nagaraj Shyam, Craig Harmer, Ken Beck
  • Recovery and relocation of a distributed name service in a cluster filesystem
    Patent number: 7593968
    Abstract: A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem. During relocation of a server for a distributed name service and recovery of a cluster, entries related to the distributed name service for filesystems is updated. During relocation, a new server for a filesystem informs all nodes in the cluster of the new server's location. During recovery, a process executing on each node deletes entries related to the distributed name service for any filesystem that does not have a server in the recovering cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Beck
  • Failure hierarchy in a cluster filesystem
    Publication number: 20040153841
    Abstract: A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem. In response to the failure of a node, a pre-defined order of procedures is attempted, executing one procedure at a time in the order defined, until successful completion of one of the procedures. Preferably the order is based on input from a system administrator, or a default order when no input has been provided by the system administrator. The procedures may include hardware reset of a failed node, disabling access by the failed node to the storage devices shared by the nodes in the cluster, terminating shared filesystem services on the failed node and terminating shared filesystem services on all of the nodes in the cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Beck
  • Recovery and relocation of a distributed name service in a cluster filesystem
    Publication number: 20040143607
    Abstract: A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem. During relocation of a server for a distributed name service and recovery of a cluster, entries related to the distributed name service for filesystems is updated. During relocation, a new server for a filesystem informs all nodes in the cluster of the new server's location. During recovery, a process executing on each node deletes entries related to the distributed name service for any filesystem that does not have a server in the recovering cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Beck