Patents by Inventor Bingfeng Zhao

Bingfeng Zhao 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: 9507798
    Abstract: A technique for logging events in a data storage system involves designating one subset of storage processors of the data storage system as clients that generate log entries and another subset of the storage processors as servers that receive log entries. Only one server is active at a time. The active server receives the generated log entries from the clients and persists the log entries to a centralized log store. Clients assign first timestamps to the log entries based on locally accessible clocks. The active server receives the log entries, including the first timestamps, from the clients and applies second timestamps based on a clock accessible to the server. As the second timestamps are consistent across the different clients, the second timestamps can be applied to correct misalignments in time among the log entries received from the clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Bingfeng Zhao, Jun Chen, Stephen M. Lathrop, Wai Chuen Yim, Yongmei Xie