Patents by Inventor Andrew Tsvetkov

Andrew Tsvetkov 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).

  • Selecting a directory of a dispersed storage network
    Patent number: 9658911
    Abstract: A method begins by a processing module receiving a dispersed storage network (DSN) access request accessing DSN memory regarding a set of encoded data slices, selecting a local DSN directory or a global DSN directory to produce a selected DSN directory, identifying an entry of the selected DSN directory regarding the set of encoded data slices to produce an identified entry, and accessing the DSN memory regarding the set of encoded data slices. The method continues with the processing module determining whether to update one or more of the local DSN directory and the global DSN directory based on the accessing the DSN memory and when the one or more of the local DSN directory and the global DSN directory is to be updated, updating the one or more of the local DSN directory and the global DSN directory in accordance with the accessing the DSN memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason K. Resch, Andrew Tsvetkov, Andrew Baptist
  • SELECTING A DIRECTORY OF A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20120226714
    Abstract: A method begins by a processing module receiving a dispersed storage network (DSN) access request accessing DSN memory regarding a set of encoded data slices, selecting a local DSN directory or a global DSN directory to produce a selected DSN directory, identifying an entry of the selected DSN directory regarding the set of encoded data slices to produce an identified entry, and accessing the DSN memory regarding the set of encoded data slices. The method continues with the processing module determining whether to update one or more of the local DSN directory and the global DSN directory based on the accessing the DSN memory and when the one or more of the local DSN directory and the global DSN directory is to be updated, updating the one or more of the local DSN directory and the global DSN directory in accordance with the accessing the DSN memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: CLEVERSAFE, INC.
    Inventors: Jason K. Resch, Andrew Tsvetkov, Andrew Baptist