Patents Assigned to EGNYTE, INC.
  • Publication number: 20250139280
    Abstract: A method for providing access to objects associated with a particular client in a cloud storage system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of establishing a connection with a user, providing a client namespace associated with the client to the user, where the client namespace represents objects stored on the cloud storage system and objects stored on a private storage system apart from the cloud storage system, receiving a request from the user to access an object stored on the private storage system, and providing information to the user to facilitate access to the object stored on the private storage system by said user. Other systems and methods are also disclosed. Important advantages of the present invention are facilitated by separating the logic for user access (control plane) from the actual storage (Storage plane). Private file system access can still be managed from the cloud, while keeping the client data private.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Hakan Ancin, Xi Chen, Amrit Jassal, Daniel H. Jung, Gregory B. Neustaetter, Sean H. Puttergill, Ramakrishnan Sundararaj, Sanjay Vedanthan, Chandra Yalangi, Ramanathan Kavasseri, Ravi Wijayaratne, Shishir Sharma
  • Patent number: 12242351
    Abstract: A system for resolving transient and localized errors in a hybrid cloud cache. The system may include a subsystem within a hybrid cloud cache that provides a way to handle errors associated with uploading files or folders to a cloud. The subsystem may be used to recover files and folders created by a user that could not be pushed to the cloud, while also ensuring that metadata and data are not lost. The subsystem may work with the transaction processing subsystem of the hybrid cloud cache to facilitate the release of transactions associated with the files and folders that could not be pushed to the cloud. By doing so, the subsystem assists in unblocking subsequent transactions or user operations and allows the hybrid cloud cache to upload files and folders to the cloud without interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Kulkarni, Ajay Salpekar, Bhaskar Guthikonda
  • Patent number: 12222929
    Abstract: A system for handling Implicit transactions in a hybrid cloud cache. The hybrid cloud cache maintains folders in a metadata file system that includes a hierarchy of cached folders, and maintains a meta-file containing metadata of files and folders. The system obtains a meta-file from a cloud platform and compares that to a meta-file obtained from the hybrid cloud cache. An object associated with an Implicit metadata transaction is transferred to an internal namespace of the hybrid cloud cache if the comparison indicates that certain conditions are met. The system may perform a bottom-up traversal of the namespace and may abort the traversal if an outstanding explicit transaction for the object is present or the object exists in the cloud platform. An object may be moved to a temporary storage location if there is no explicit transaction on it and the object does not exist in the cloud platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Salpekar, Bhaskar Guthikonda, Sanjay Kulkarni, Yogesh Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20250045442
    Abstract: A cloud-based data governance system includes a processing unit, a network adapter, and memory for storing data and code. The network adapter establishes a connection with a remote data storage system associated with a remote file system over a wide-area network (WAN). The code includes and event collection interface, a data governance service, and an enforcement service. The event collection interface is configured to capture an event from the remote data storage system. The event is indicative of a file system operation executed on a data object of the remote file system. The data governance service is configured to receive the event from the event collection interface and to process the event to determine whether the file system operation conflicts with a governance policy of the data governance system. The enforcement service executes a set of remediation actions, if the file system operation does conflict with the governance policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Amrit Jassal, Shishir Sharma, Sean H. Puttergill, Ramakrshnan Sundararaj
  • Patent number: 12204497
    Abstract: A method of managing file permissions in a remote file storage system includes defining permissions for the remote file storage system and controlling access to objects on the remote file storage system according to the permissions of the remote file storage system. The permissions are transferred to a client file storage system remote from the remote file storage system, and access to objects on the client file storage system is controlled according to the permissions of the remote file storage system. A remote file storage system includes a permissions file generator operative to generate a permissions file, which is transmitted to a client file storage system for enforcement at the client file storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Amrit Jassal, Ravi Kariyawasam Bodhitantri Wijayaratne, Ray White, Manish Marathe, Aahz, Rajesh Ram
  • Publication number: 20250013781
    Abstract: Systems and methods for serving subject access requests (SARs) are disclosed. A network connection is established with a user. An SAR, including at least one piece of personal data corresponding to an entity associated with said user, is received from the user via the network connection. Text data is extracted from a plurality of data objects, the data objects including personal data associated with the user. The text data is then processed to identify instances of names and instances of personal data within the text data. Associations are generated between identified names and identified personal data. A subset of the identified personal data that corresponds to the entity is identified based on the associations. A response to the SAR is provided, based at least in part on the identified personal data corresponding to the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Amrit Jassal, Debjit Bhattacharjee, Vikram Chandrasekhar, Tomasz Marek Kaczmarek, Willy Lanig Picard, Marcin Artur Zablocki
  • Publication number: 20250005188
    Abstract: Systems and methods for simplifying and consolidating permission sets from multiple heterogeneous file storage systems are disclosed. An example method includes acquiring from the first file storage system a first set of file system permissions having a first set of permission semantics, and acquiring from a second file storage system a second set of file system permissions having a second set of permission semantics that are different from the first set of permission semantics. The first set of file system permissions and the second set of file system permissions are converted to a unified set of file system permissions having unified permission semantics that are different from the first set of permission semantics and the second set of permission semantics. The unified set of file system permissions can be analyzed to make a determination regarding security levels of the first file storage system and of the second file storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Shishir Sharma, Amrit Jassal, Sean Elliott Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240419638
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing a file system (FS) and a remote file system (RFS) includes monitoring the FS for FS events, generating FS event records, receiving RFS event records of RFS events, generating file system operations (FSOs) based on the FS and RFS event records, and communicating the FSOs to the FS and RFS to synchronize them. A method for generating the FSOs includes accessing a plurality of FS and/or RFS event records, processing the accessed records to generate processed event records, generating the FSOs based on the processed event records, and outputting the FSOs to cause synchronization of the FS and RFS. Systems are also described. The invention facilitates event-based, steady-state synchronization of local and remote file systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Remus Koos, Ray White, Manish Marathe, Markku Mielityinen, Amrit Jassal, Rajesh Ram, Sriram Gopalan, Aahz, Heikki J. Toivonen, Ravi Wijayaratne
  • Publication number: 20240411794
    Abstract: Example systems and methods for efficient data governance are disclosed. Metadata associated with file objects is analyzed to estimate, for each file object, the likelihood that the file object includes sensitive data. The estimates are used to prioritize the file objects for analysis of the file objects' content to determine the whether the file objects include data deemed to be of a sensitive nature. In cloud-based systems/methods the estimates are also used to prioritize the file objects for transfer from a remote file storage system to the cloud-based system for analysis of content. The disclosed systems and methods significantly reduce the time required to identify sensitive file content in a large number of file objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Egnyte. Inc.
    Inventors: Shishir Sharma, Amrit Jassal, Sean H. Puttergill, Willy Lanig Picard, Marcin Artur Zablocki
  • Patent number: 12164663
    Abstract: A method for providing access to objects associated with a particular client in a cloud storage system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of establishing a connection with a user, providing a client namespace associated with the client to the user, where the client namespace represents objects stored on the cloud storage system and objects stored on a private storage system apart from the cloud storage system, receiving a request from the user to access an object stored on the private storage system, and providing information to the user to facilitate access to the object stored on the private storage system by said user. Other systems and methods are also disclosed. Important advantages of the present invention are facilitated by separating the logic for user access (control plane) from the actual storage (Storage plane). Private file system access can still be managed from the cloud, while keeping the client data private.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Hakan Ancin, Xi Chen, Amrit Jassal, Daniel H. Jung, Gregory B. Neustaetter, Sean H. Puttergill, Ramakrishnan Sundararaj, Sanjay Vedanthan, Chandra Yalangi, Ramanathan Kavasseri, Ravi Wijayaratne, Shishir Sharma
  • Patent number: 12147388
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for generating a sparse tree view for presenting and assisting a user to conduct searches and navigate through a hierarchical file system more efficiently. A sparse tree assists a user to navigate through search or filtering results by hiding irrelevant information and indicating locations with the highest rate of “hits” using a form of heatmap or other indicator of the potential relevance of a tree node or leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Shishir Sharma, Tomasz Kaczmarek, Lukasz Rek, Krzysztof Zmudzinski
  • Publication number: 20240311177
    Abstract: A system and methods for enhancing content collaboration by conflict detection and resolution. A hybrid cloud cache receives a request from a client to upload an object to the cloud. The hybrid cloud cache may perform an internal lookup to find the latest version of the object known to it. This lookup may return a local identifier or a cloud identifier. The cache may compare a client-provided identifier to the local identifier or to the cloud identifier that is mapped to the local identifier to determine if the client-provided identifier refers to the latest uploaded version of the object. The system may determine that a conflict exists if the client-provided identifier does not match either identifier. The system may generate an alternate name for the object and upload the renamed object to the cloud from the hybrid cloud cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Upendra Singh, Ajay Salpekar, Bhaskar Guthikonda, Andrew Guerra, David Tang
  • Patent number: 12093417
    Abstract: A cloud-based data governance system includes a processing unit, a network adapter, and memory for storing data and code. The network adapter establishes a connection with a remote data storage system associated with a remote file system over a wide-area network (WAN). The code includes an event collection interface, a data governance service, and an enforcement service. The event collection interface is configured to capture an event from the remote data storage system. The event is indicative of a file system operation executed on a data object of the remote file system. The data governance service is configured to receive the event from the event collection interface and to process the event to determine whether the file system operation conflicts with a governance policy of the data governance system. The enforcement service executes a set of remediation actions, if the file system operation does conflict with the governance policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Amrit Jassal, Shishir Sharma, Sean H. Puttergill, Ramakrishnan Sundararaj
  • Patent number: 12056096
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing a file system (FS) and a remote file system (RFS) includes monitoring the FS for FS events, generating FS event records, receiving RFS event records of RFS events, generating file system operations (FSOs) based on the FS and RFS event records, and communicating the FSOs to the FS and RFS to synchronize them. A method for generating the FSOs includes accessing a plurality of FS and/or RFS event records, processing the accessed records to generate processed event records, generating the FSOs based on the processed event records, and outputting the FSOs to cause synchronization of the FS and RFS. Systems are also described. The invention facilitates event-based, steady-state synchronization of local and remote file systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Remus Koos, Ray White, Manish Marathe, Markku Mielityinen, Amrit Jassal, Rajesh Ram, Sriram Gopalan, Aahz, Heikki J. Toivonen, Ravi Wijayaratne
  • Patent number: 12045370
    Abstract: Systems and methods for serving subject access requests (SARs) are disclosed. A network connection is established with a user. An SAR, including at least one piece of personal data corresponding to an entity associated with said user, is received from the user via the network connection. Text data is extracted from a plurality of data objects, the data objects including personal data associated with the user. The text data is then processed to identify instances of names and instances of personal data within the text data. Associations are generated between identified names and identified personal data. A subset of the identified personal data that corresponds to the entity is identified based on the associations. A response to the SAR is provided, based at least in part on the identified personal data corresponding to the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Amrit Jassal, Debjit Bhattacharjee, Vikram Chandrasekhar, Tomasz Marek Kaczmarek, Willy Lanig Picard, Marcin Artur Zablocki
  • Patent number: 12039066
    Abstract: Systems and methods for simplifying and consolidating permission sets from multiple heterogeneous file storage systems are disclosed. An example method includes acquiring from the first file storage system a first set of file system permissions having a first set of permission semantics, and acquiring from a second file storage system a second set of file system permissions having a second set of permission semantics that are different from the first set of permission semantics. The first set of file system permissions and the second set of file system permissions are converted to a unified set of file system permissions having unified permission semantics that are different from the first set of permission semantics and the second set of permission semantics. The unified set of file system permissions can be analyzed to make a determination regarding security levels of the first file storage system and of the second file storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Shishir Sharma, Amrit Jassal, Sean Elliot Roberts
  • Patent number: 12032615
    Abstract: Example systems and methods for efficient data governance are disclosed. Metadata associated with file objects is analyzed to estimate, for each file object, the likelihood that the file object includes sensitive data. The estimates are used to prioritize the file objects for analysis of the file objects' content to determine the whether the file objects include data deemed to be of a sensitive nature. In cloud-based systems/methods the estimates are also used to prioritize the file objects for transfer from a remote file storage system to the cloud-based system for analysis of content. The disclosed systems and methods significantly reduce the time required to identify sensitive file content in a large number of file objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Shishir Sharma, Amrit Jassal, Sean H. Puttergill, Willy Lanig Picard, Marcin Artur Zablocki
  • Publication number: 20240193134
    Abstract: A system and methods for presenting a hybrid cloud cache as a file system. The system implements a set of standard file system command line interfaces that present the objects stored by the hybrid cloud cache to users of the system as if the users were viewing and interacting with a traditional file system. The system provides an interactive shell to the users to view the contents of the hybrid cloud cache. The system may be configured to operate on a live instance as well as on an on-disk structure of the hybrid cloud cache. The system may provide the ability to present partially cached cloud data as a file system via the interactive shell for the purposes of development, support, and troubleshooting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: EGNYTE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Guerra, Ajay Salpekar, David Tang
  • Publication number: 20240119044
    Abstract: A system for facilitating upload file optimization via transaction transformation. A request is received for an operation to upload a file to the cloud. The system bypasses a transaction processing (sub)system and attempts to upload the file to a staging area of the cloud. When the upload transaction is ready to be executed, the system determines an upload status of the file. The system transfers the file from the staging area to an intended destination if the file has been uploaded to the staging area. If the file is not yet uploaded to the staging area, the system determines if an upload operation failed. If an upload operation did not fail, the system waits for the upload to finish prior to transferring the file to the intended destination. If the upload operation did fail, the system uploads the file to the intended destination. Once the file is transferred to the intended destination, the transaction may be marked as complete in the journal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Salpekar, Sanjay Kulkarni, Bhaskar Guthikonda
  • Publication number: 20240086375
    Abstract: A method of managing file permissions in a remote file storage system includes defining permissions for the remote file storage system and controlling access to objects on the remote file storage system according to the permissions of the remote file storage system. The permissions are transferred to a client file storage system remote from the remote file storage system, and access to objects on the client file storage system is controlled according to the permissions of the remote file storage system. A remote file storage system includes a permissions file generator operative to generate a permissions file, which is transmitted to a client file storage system for enforcement at the client file storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Amrit Jassal, Ravi Kariyawasam Bodhitantri Wijayaratne, Ray White, Manish Marathe, Aahz, Rajesh Ram