Patents by Inventor Andrew Becher

Andrew Becher 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).

  • Multi-protocol global namespace mechanism for network attached storage
    Patent number: 8527586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for abstracting multiple network attached storage (“NAS”) locations, providing a single global namespace and a single mount point that is protocol and location-independent. As a result, rather than identifying each NAS and file server by location, access is provided through a single transparent mechanism. In order to maintain transparency, the present invention provides a way to reconcile the different naming practices for different file server protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Becher, Weiye Cheng, Yung-Chieh Stephen Hu, Yisui Hu, Alexei Karaban, Paul Lemahieu, Lixie Liu, Philip Love, Fengcheng Lu, Peter Madany, Ye Zhang
  • Multi-protocol global namespace mechanism for network attached storage
    Patent number: 8255550
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for abstracting multiple network attached storage (“NAS”) locations, providing a single global namespace and a single mount point that is protocol and location-independent. As a result, rather than identifying each NAS and file server by location, access is provided through a single transparent mechanism. In order to maintain transparency, the present invention provides a way to reconcile the different naming practices for different file server protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Becher, Weiye Cheng, Yung-Chieh Stephen Hu, Yisui Hu, Alexei Karaban, Paul Lemahieu, Lixie Liu, Philip Love, Fengcheng Lu, Peter Madany, Ye Zhang
  • Population of discovery data
    Patent number: 7567978
    Abstract: Described are techniques used in connection with management and processing of configuration data and performance data about a data storage system. The data is collected by one or more agents and forwarded to store components. The store components are responsible for maintaining persistent data objects in a repository. A server may process user requests issued from one or more consoles by retrieving data from the repository and displaying information based thereon on the consoles. The data collected by the agents may be in accordance with a first object model or data representation different from another object model or data representation of the repository. The store components update the repository using data collected by the agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Valery Altman, Andrew Becher, Serge Marokhovsky
  • Population of discovery data
    Patent number: 7228306
    Abstract: Described are techniques used in connection with management and processing of configuration data and performance data about a data storage system. The data is collected by one or more agents and forwarded to store components. The store components are responsible for maintaining persistent data objects in a repository. A server may process user requests issued from one or more consoles by retrieving data from the repository and displaying information based thereon on the consoles. The data collected by the agents may be in accordance with a first object model or data representation different from another object model or data representation of the repository. The store components update the repository using data collected by the agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Valery Altman, Andrew Becher, Serge Marokhovsky