Patents by Inventor Balaji Cherukuri

Balaji Cherukuri 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).

  • Context based file system
    Patent number: 8516023
    Abstract: A context-based file system (CBFS) receives a request to perform an operation in a hierarchy of directories from a virtual host running on a node in a storage server, the hierarchy having a parent-child relationship and a root directory. An identifier is obtained for the virtual host from an operating system. A directory associated with the virtual host is selected from the hierarchy based on a type of the operation and a position of the directory in the hierarchy. A result is received as a result of performing the operation on the selected directory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Balaji Cherukuri, Balaji Ramani, Rajesh Rajaraman