Patents by Inventor AKIL M. MERCHANT

AKIL M. MERCHANT 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: 11361086
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for activating data encryption at rest in a storage device server in a cloud storage. In particular, an encryption orchestrator orchestrates activation processes through encryption controllers that controls policies and privileges to access data in storage device servers. To reduce a risk of a data loss and time loss in activations, the encryption controller pre-checks a storage device server for anomalies in configurations in network connectivity, encryption keys, and security certificates before starting the activation. Furthermore, the encryption controller performs a health-check of the storage device servers to detect anomalies that require restarting the storage device servers. The health-check reduces a risk of data loss when the storage device servers become unable restart itself. User interface tools may be provided to visually identify and manage encryption statuses and policies of the encryption controllers, the storage device servers, and data storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Piyush Joshi, Akil M. Merchant, Octavian T. Ureche, Jack Smith Richins, Soumya D. Pani, Asad Yaqoob, Salil Bhagurkar, Preston Derek Adam, Dayi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210200881
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for activating data encryption at rest in a storage device server in a cloud storage. In particular, an encryption orchestrator orchestrates activation processes through encryption controllers that controls policies and privileges to access data in storage device servers. To reduce a risk of a data loss and time loss in activations, the encryption controller pre-checks a storage device server for anomalies in configurations in network connectivity, encryption keys, and security certificates before starting the activation. Furthermore, the encryption controller performs a health-check of the storage device servers to detect anomalies that require restarting the storage device servers. The health-check reduces a risk of data loss when the storage device servers become unable restart itself. User interface tools may be provided to visually identify and manage encryption statuses and policies of the encryption controllers, the storage device servers, and data storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Piyush JOSHI, Akil M. MERCHANT, Octavian T. URECHE, Jack Smith RICHINS, Soumya D. PANI, Asad YAQOOB, Salil BHAGURKAR, Preston Derek ADAM, Dayi ZHOU
  • Patent number: 9430318
    Abstract: Automated health monitoring and recovery is provided for infrastructure devices supporting server devices in a data center. Health analysis operations may be selected to be performed on an infrastructure device based on the capabilities of the infrastructure device and/or how the infrastructure device is being used to support server devices in the data center. If the infrastructure device is unhealthy, an automated recovery operation may be performed. The automated recovery operation may include recovery actions selected based on the capabilities of the infrastructure device, the failure mode of the infrastructure device, and/or how the infrastructure device is being used to support server devices in the data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chandan Aggarwal, Asad Yaqoob, Josh David McKone, Matthew Jeremiah Eason, Akil M. Merchant
  • Publication number: 20150212901
    Abstract: Automated health monitoring and recovery is provided for infrastructure devices supporting server devices in a data center. Health analysis operations may be selected to be performed on an infrastructure device based on the capabilities of the infrastructure device and/or how the infrastructure device is being used to support server devices in the data center. If the infrastructure device is unhealthy, an automated recovery operation may be performed. The automated recovery operation may include recovery actions selected based on the capabilities of the infrastructure device, the failure mode of the infrastructure device, and/or how the infrastructure device is being used to support server devices in the data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHANDAN AGGARWAL, ASAD YAQOOB, JOSH DAVID MCKONE, MATTHEW JEREMIAH EASON, AKIL M. MERCHANT