Patents by Inventor Alexander Mitaru

Alexander Mitaru 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).

  • Directed placement of data in a redundant data storage system
    Patent number: 8504571
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus, comprising a metadata store storing information about files that are stored in a distributed data storage system, and comprising a class database; one or more processing units; logic configured for receiving and storing in the class database a definition of a class of data storage servers comprising one or more subclasses each comprising one or more server selection criteria; associating the class with one or more directories of the data storage system; in response to a data client storing a data file in a directory, binding the class to the data file, determining and storing a set of identifiers of one or more data storage servers in the system that match the server selection criteria, and providing the set of identifiers to the data client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Harmonic Inc.
    Inventors: John Howe, Alexander Mitaru, Charles Morris, Don Harschadath Wanigasekara-Mohotti
  • DIRECTED PLACEMENT OF DATA IN A REDUNDANT DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120191710
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus, comprising a metadata store storing information about files that are stored in a distributed data storage system, and comprising a class database; one or more processing units; logic configured for receiving and storing in the class database a definition of a class of data storage servers comprising one or more subclasses each comprising one or more server selection criteria; associating the class with one or more directories of the data storage system; in response to a data client storing a data file in a directory, binding the class to the data file, determining and storing a set of identifiers of one or more data storage servers in the system that match the server selection criteria, and providing the set of identifiers to the data client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: John HOWE, Alexander MITARU, Charles MORRIS, Don Harschadath WANIGASEKARA-MOHOTTI
  • Directed placement of data in a redundant data storage system
    Patent number: 8103628
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus, comprising a metadata store storing information about files that are stored in a distributed data storage system, and comprising a class database; one or more processing units; logic configured for receiving and storing in the class database a definition of a class of data storage servers comprising one or more subclasses each comprising one or more server selection criteria; associating the class with one or more directories of the data storage system; in response to a data client storing a data file in a directory, binding the class to the data file, determining and storing a set of identifiers of one or more data storage servers in the system that match the server selection criteria, and providing the set of identifiers to the data client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Harmonic Inc.
    Inventors: John Howe, Alexander Mitaru, Charles Morris, Don Harschadath Wanigasekara-Mohotti
  • DIRECTED PLACEMENT OF DATA IN A REDUNDANT DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090259665
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus, comprising a metadata store storing information about files that are stored in a distributed data storage system, and comprising a class database; one or more processing units; logic configured for receiving and storing in the class database a definition of a class of data storage servers comprising one or more subclasses each comprising one or more server selection criteria; associating the class with one or more directories of the data storage system; in response to a data client storing a data file in a directory, binding the class to the data file, determining and storing a set of identifiers of one or more data storage servers in the system that match the server selection criteria, and providing the set of identifiers to the data client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: John Howe, Alexander Mitaru, Charles Morris, Don Harschadath Wanigasekara-Mohotti