Patents by Inventor Yi Ping Gong

Yi Ping Gong 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).

  • Patent number: 9626214
    Abstract: A method for establishing redundant connections for a virtual machine, which comprises: obtaining a plurality of storage nodes storing a same virtual machine image of the virtual machine; determining at least two storage nodes from the plurality of storage nodes, so that connections between a compute node provisioning the virtual machine and each of the at least two storage nodes have minimum correlation; and establishing connections between the compute node and the at least two storage nodes respectively. The present invention further discloses the corresponding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Ping Gong, Yan Huang, Cheng Li Wang, Jeffrey Yang, Yue Yu
  • Publication number: 20150261562
    Abstract: A method for establishing redundant connections for a virtual machine, which comprises: obtaining a plurality of storage nodes storing a same virtual machine image of the virtual machine; determining at least two storage nodes from the plurality of storage nodes, so that connections between a compute node provisioning the virtual machine and each of the at least two storage nodes have minimum correlation; and establishing connections between the compute node and the at least two storage nodes respectively. The present invention further discloses the corresponding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Yi Ping Gong, Yan Huang, Cheng Li Wang, Jeffrey Yang, Yue Yu