Patents by Inventor Brian Byrnes

Brian Byrnes 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).

  • Method and apparatus for implementing a file system
    Publication number: 20050289152
    Abstract: A system and method for efficiently implementing a local or distributed file system is disclosed. The system may include a distributed virtual file system (“dVFS”) that utilizes a persistent intent log (“PIL”) to record transactions to be applied to the file system. The PIL is preferably implemented in stable storage, so that a logical operation may be considered complete as soon as the log record has been made stable. This allows the dVFS to continue immediately, without waiting for the operation to be applied to a local or real file system. The dVFS may further incorporate replication to one or more remote file systems as an integral facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: William Earl, Chetan Rai, Kevin Sheehan, Patrick Stirling, Brian Byrnes, Tomasz Barszczak
  • System and method for managing usage quotas
    Publication number: 20050138162
    Abstract: A system for managing computer resource usage quotas includes a distributed gateway service, a plurality of clients, an internal network, a distributed storage service a system management service, a configuration database, and a distributed metadata service. A method for managing computer resource usage quotas applied to a plurality of users of data includes the steps of defining one or more resource classes, defining at least one usage policy for the resource classes, tracking quota usage for the usage quotas in accordance with the usage policy, and enforcing quota usage for the usage quotas, and storing the data in accord with the resource class definitions. Optionally, the quota usage may be aggregated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventor: Brian Byrnes
  • System and method for managing usage quotas
    Patent number: 6832248
    Abstract: A system for managing computer resource usage quotas includes a distributed gateway service, a plurality of clients, an internal network, a distributed storage service a system management service, a configuration database, and a distributed metadata service. A method for managing computer resource usage quotas applied to a plurality of users of data includes the steps of defining one or more resource classes, defining at least one usage policy for the resource classes, tracking quota usage for the usage quotas in accordance with the usage policy, and enforcing quota usage for the usage quotas, and storing the data in accord with the resource class definitions. Optionally, the quota usage may be aggregated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Agami Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Byrnes