Patents by Inventor Ben SASSON

Ben SASSON 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).

  • Patent number: 11940969
    Abstract: Described are techniques for managing data locations of derived storage objects. The techniques include accessing a primary metadata tree providing a lookup path using a virtual address to locate data for a primary object in physical storage pointed to by a leaf node of the primary metadata tree and providing a sub-tree from a leaf node of the primary metadata tree associated with the primary object, the sub-tree providing lookup paths using virtual addresses for derived objects. Wherein a derived object is a view of the primary object at a specific point in time, with copy leaf nodes of the sub-tree pointing to stored data of the derived objects. The techniques further include maintaining an ancestry graph associated with the sub-tree with the ancestry graph linking derived object identifiers to provide an ancestral chain lookup to identify derived object identifiers of the closest stored physical data of a derived object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Sasson, Lee Jason Sanders, Gordon Douglas Hutchison, William J. Scales
  • Publication number: 20240070736
    Abstract: A computerized analysis system for automated anomaly identification is configured to operate at a large scale by retrieving claimline data for a period of time from an input data store. The claimline data includes a plurality of billing codes and prices of the plurality of billing codes. The computerized analysis system is further configured to determine a set of changepoints in the plurality of billing codes in the claimline data and to determine a parameter based on the set of changepoints. The computerized analysis system is also configured to identify a chargemaster increase in response to the parameter exceeding a threshold. In response to identification of the chargemaster increase, the computerized analysis system is configured to publish an alert that indicates occurrence of the chargemaster increase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Bentivegna, Itzchak J. Palka, Eetai Ben-Sasson, Vivek Pandey
  • Patent number: 11907565
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for storing a write data in a storage system that operates using a log-structured filing system is provided. The present invention may include compressing a write data. The present invention may also include identifying a region of a storage system based on a first size of the compressed write data. The present invention may further include the storage system operating using a log-structured filing system. The present invention may also include a different region of the storage system having a different compression ratio. The present invention may further include writing the compressed write data in the identified region of the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gareth Paul Jones, Ben Sasson, Lee Jason Sanders, Gordon Douglas Hutchison
  • Publication number: 20230385260
    Abstract: Described are techniques for managing data locations of derived storage objects. The techniques include accessing a primary metadata tree providing a lookup path using a virtual address to locate data for a primary object in physical storage pointed to by a leaf node of the primary metadata tree and providing a sub-tree from a leaf node of the primary metadata tree associated with the primary object, the sub-tree providing lookup paths using virtual addresses for derived objects. Wherein a derived object is a view of the primary object at a specific point in time, with copy leaf nodes of the sub-tree pointing to stored data of the derived objects. The techniques further include maintaining an ancestry graph associated with the sub-tree with the ancestry graph linking derived object identifiers to provide an ancestral chain lookup to identify derived object identifiers of the closest stored physical data of a derived object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ben Sasson, Lee Jason Sanders, GORDON DOUGLAS HUTCHISON, WILLIAM J. SCALES
  • Patent number: 11810164
    Abstract: An analysis system includes a data retrieval module that retrieves claimline data for a period of time. The claimline data includes multiple billing codes and corresponding prices associated with a provider. An analysis module receives the claimline data from the data retrieval module, determines whether a changepoint exists in the billing codes in the claimline data, determines a statistical parameter of changepoints per day during the period of time, and identifies a chargemaster increase for the provider in response to the statistical parameter of changepoints exceeding a threshold. An alert module, in response to identification of a chargemaster increase, publishes an alert that a chargemaster increase has occurred. The alert includes the provider's identification, a chargemaster increase date, a claimline number, a changepoint number, the billing code identification, or a price of the billing code at the changepoint. The alert transforms a user interface displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Bentivegna, Itzchak J. Palka, Eetai Ben-Sasson, Vivek Pandey
  • Patent number: 11810165
    Abstract: A computerized analysis system includes a data retrieval module, a spike filter module, a chargemaster analysis module, and an alert module. The data retrieval module is configured to retrieve claimline data for a period of time from an input data store. The claimline data includes billing codes and prices of the billing codes associated with a provider. The spike filter module is configured to flag and filter price spikes in the claimline data. The chargemaster analysis module is configured to determine whether a changepoint exists in the billing codes in the claimline data. The chargemaster analysis module is configured to identify a chargemaster increase for the provider in response to a statistical parameter of changepoints exceeding a threshold. The alert module is configured to, in response to identification of a chargemaster increase, publish an alert that a chargemaster increase has occurred for the provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Bentivegna, Itzchak J. Palka, Eetai Ben-Sasson, Vivek Pandey
  • Publication number: 20230340801
    Abstract: The fence system attaches to an aluminum or steel rectangular base post in concrete or the ground. The inside wall of a fence column slides over the base post. The fence column also has an outside wall around the inside wall. Each of three side of the fence column has an elongated slot, which receives one end of a slat. A bracket may secure the slat to the fence column. The fence system also has a gate of the same style as the rest of the fence. A lockset housing replaces one fence column. It receives slats on one side, and the lockset's latch projects from the other side. A hollow post has a slot facing the latch when the gate is closed. A latch cover is held by the slot, and an extension of the latch cover extends along the lockset housing to block surreptitious opening the gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Itsik AMSELLEM, Ben SASSON, Zach SASSON
  • Publication number: 20230340800
    Abstract: The fence system attaches to an aluminum or steel rectangular base post in concrete or the ground. The inside wall of a fence column slides over the base post. The fence column also has an outside wall around the inside wall. Three sides of the fence column has an elongated slot which receives one end of a slat. The fence system also has a gate of the same style as the rest of the fence. A lockset housing replaces one fence column. The lockset's latch projects from the other side. A hollow post has a slot facing the latch when the gate is closed. A latch cover is held by the slot, and an extension of the latch cover extends along the lockset housing to block surreptitious opening the gate. Clips may secure transparent, translucent, or opaque panels from the top, bottom, and sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: ITSIK AMSELLEM, BEN SASSON, ZACH SASSON
  • Publication number: 20230338322
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to glyceryltriacetate (GTA) compound for use in improving breathing in a subject experiencing a bathing difficulty. Of particular interest is the use of GTA for treating reduced lung function, such as that caused by lung infection and/or lung inflammation. Also disclosed is thus a composition and method for improving breathing of a subject experiencing a breathing difficulty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Shmuel BEN-SASSON
  • Publication number: 20230287402
    Abstract: The disclosure provides two-dimensional protein structures including first and second polypeptides that are different, each form homo-oligomers, and interact to form a rigid interface, polypeptide components of such two-dimensional protein structures, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ariel Ben SASSON, David BAKER, William SHEFFLER, Hannele RUOHOLA-BAKER, Logeshwaran SOMASUNDARM, Emmanuel DERIVERY, Joseph WATSON
  • Patent number: 11755419
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and computer program product utilizing a hot-spare node in a storage network having a deduplication fingerprints database. A plurality of nodes is provided in the storage network including at least one active node and at least one hot-spare node. A portion of the deduplication fingerprints database is stored on each active node and on each hot-spare node. Data from the deduplication fingerprints database is provided from at least one of said at least one hot-spare node during normal operation. Responsive to a failure of one of said at least one active node, a portion of the deduplication fingerprints database associated with data stored on the failed one of said at least one active node is retained on one of the at least one hot-spare node. The failed one active node is replaced with one of the at least one hot-spare node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander H. Ainscow, Ben Sasson, Gordon Hutchison, Miles Mulholland, Lee J. Sanders
  • Patent number: 11746559
    Abstract: The fence system attaches to an aluminum or steel rectangular base post in concrete or the ground. The inside wall of a fence column slides over the base post. The fence column also has an outside wall around the inside wall. Each of three side of the fence column has an elongated slot, which receives one end of a slat. A bracket may secure the slat to the fence column. The fence system also has a gate of the same style as the rest of the fence. A lockset housing replaces one fence column. It receives slats on one side, and the lockset's latch projects from the other side. A hollow post has a slot facing the latch when the gate is closed. A latch cover is held by the slot, and an extension of the latch cover extends along the lockset housing to block surreptitious opening the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Alumission Inc.
    Inventors: Itsik Amsellem, Ben Sasson, Zach Sasson
  • Publication number: 20230250671
    Abstract: The fence system attaches to an aluminum or steel rectangular base post in concrete or the ground. The inside wall of a fence column slides over the base post. The fence column also has an outside wall around the inside wall. Each of three side of the fence column has an elongated slot, which receives one end of a slat. A bracket may secure the slat to the fence column. The fence system also has a gate of the same style as the rest of the fence. A lockset housing replaces one fence column. It receives slats on one side, and the lockset’s latch projects from the other side. A hollow post has a slot facing the latch when the gate is closed. A latch cover is held by the slot, and an extension of the latch cover extends along the lockset housing to block surreptitious opening the gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: ITSIK AMSELLEM, BEN SASSON, ZACH SASSON
  • Patent number: 11625179
    Abstract: A cache storage system indexing method is provided that indexes a data address in a cache storage system based on a data fingerprint of the cached data, wherein the data fingerprint is generated by a deduplication fingerprint function used for referencing deduplication of data in the cache storage system. A computer-implemented method of data operations to a cache storage system is also provided including: obtaining a data fingerprint for the data of the data operation, either by applying a deduplication fingerprinting function to data of a write operation or by accessing deduplication metadata for a read operation to obtain the data fingerprint generated by using a deduplication fingerprinting function used for deduplication of data in the cache storage system; and using an indexing service to the cache storage system having an address schema based on the data fingerprints of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Jason Sanders, Ben Sasson, Gordon Douglas Hutchison
  • Publication number: 20230091573
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for recycling container storage objects at a storage controller. The method includes receiving a create operation of a new container by an orchestrator, including information indicating a purpose of the container, and associating a label with the new container, with the label indicating the orchestrator-defined information. The method includes checking labels of soft-deleted container objects for a suitable match with the label of the new container, where soft-deleted container objects are logical objects for deleted containers that are maintained for recycling. The method includes recycling metadata of a matched soft-deleted container object for the new container. The method includes checking received input/output operations for the new container against already stored data of the matched soft-deleted container to recycle data and skip writes where they match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ben Sasson, Lee Jason Sanders, GORDON DOUGLAS HUTCHISON
  • Patent number: 11567697
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and computer system are provided. A processor receives a host input/output write operation, wherein the host input/output write operation includes host metadata regarding data represented by the host input/output write operation. The processor stores the host input/output write operation in one or more physical storage data units. A processor assigns a priority to the one or more physical storage data units. In response to receiving a host volume delete command associated with at least one of the one or more physical storage data units, a processor prioritizes data units of the host volume for deletion based, at least in part, on the assigned priority of the data units of the host volume, wherein data units with a lower priority are permanently deleted before data units with a higher priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Sasson, Paul Nicholas Cashman, Gemma Izen
  • Patent number: 11500835
    Abstract: An apparatus for improved version updates in data deduplication includes a baseline module that stores a baseline referrer link in a first cohort of baseline referrer links pointing to a first location in storage where a baseline version data block is stored. The apparatus includes a signpost module that stores to metadata a signpost that points to an updated referrer link in a second cohort of updated referrer links that points to a second location in the deduplicating storage device where an updated version data block is stored in response to the updated version data block being generated. The apparatus includes a cohort update module that replaces the baseline referrer link with the updated referrer link in response to determining that an additional updated version data block matches the updated version data block pointed to by the signpost. A method and a system implement functions of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon D. Hutchison, Christopher B. E. Beeken, Ben Sasson, Lee J. Sanders
  • Patent number: 11494351
    Abstract: A data storage system configured to deduplicate and store sets of data is presented. The system comprises a computer readable storage device configured to store a plurality of sets of data for a plurality of hosts, wherein each sets of data of the plurality of sets of data corresponding to each host of the plurality of hosts is encrypted with one or more different encryption keys, and wherein at least one of the plurality of sets of data contains deduplicated data. The system also comprises a key translator configured to create at least one translation key based, at least in part, on the one or more different encryption keys and the deduplicated data, and wherein the at least one translation key is configured to translate from a first encryption key to a second encryption key of the one or more different encryption keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Jason Sanders, Gareth Paul Jones, Ben Sasson, Gordon Douglas Hutchison
  • Patent number: 11455110
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide concepts for handling a handover of ownership of data from a source to a referrer in a data deduplication environment. By performing a handover of the ownership of the data from the source to the referrer, the number of processes required to access the data may be reduced and so the performance of the system may be improved. The identification of a source for performing the handover on may be performed by way of a volatile cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Sasson, Paul Nicholas Cashman, Dominic Tomkins, Florent C. Rostagni
  • Publication number: 20220269657
    Abstract: A cache storage system indexing method is provided that indexes a data address in a cache storage system based on a data fingerprint of the cached data, wherein the data fingerprint is generated by a deduplication fingerprint function used for referencing deduplication of data in the cache storage system. A computer-implemented method of data operations to a cache storage system is also provided including: obtaining a data fingerprint for the data of the data operation, either by applying a deduplication fingerprinting function to data of a write operation or by accessing deduplication metadata for a read operation to obtain the data fingerprint generated by using a deduplication fingerprinting function used for deduplication of data in the cache storage system; and using an indexing service to the cache storage system having an address schema based on the data fingerprints of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Lee Jason Sanders, Ben Sasson, GORDON DOUGLAS HUTCHISON