Patents by Inventor Amit Gurdasani

Amit Gurdasani 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).

  • Booting software partition with network file system
    Patent number: 7900034
    Abstract: In a software partition (SWPAR) environment, a method, system and computer program product enables a SWPAR to be remotely booted, independent of the booting of the OS on the global system environment, using network file system (NFS) services and protocols. A request to mount a NFS, hosted by an external server into a SWPAR environment is transmitted. The NFS services are automatically transitioning to a first operating state that enables support for user-level NFS services without requiring the NFS services be active. The SWPAR is automatically booted and access to the SWPAR provided during operation of the NFS services in the first operating state. Once the SWPAR has completed booting, the NFS services is transitioned back to a normal operating state in which SWPAR operates as a standalone device providing its own user-level NFS services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Perinkulam I. Ganesh, Amit Gurdasani, Lance W. Russell
  • BOOTING SOFTWARE PARTITION WITH NETWORK FILE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090037718
    Abstract: In a software partition (SWPAR) environment, a method, system and computer program product enables a SWPAR to be remotely booted, independent of the booting of the OS on the global system environment, using network file system (NFS) services and protocols. A request to mount a NFS, hosted by an external server into a SWPAR environment is transmitted. The NFS services are automatically transitioning to a first operating state that enables support for user-level NFS services without requiring the NFS services be active. The SWPAR is automatically booted and access to the SWPAR provided during operation of the NFS services in the first operating state. Once the SWPAR has completed booting, the NFS services is transitioned back to a normal operating state in which SWPAR operates as a standalone device providing its own user-level NFS services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: PERINKULAM I. GANESH, Amit Gurdasani, Lance W. Russell