Patents by Inventor Chanda Sethia

Chanda Sethia 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).

  • Management of symbolic links
    Patent number: 8135746
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of creating a symbolic link in a source file system to a target file in a target file system, the method including querying the target file system for an identifier of the target file; incrementing a reference counter of the target file, the reference counter indicating how many symbolic links the target file is a target of; and creating the symbolic link in the source file system, the symbolic link including the identifier received from the target file system in response to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ujjwal Lanjewar, Chanda Sethia, Yogesh Golwalkar
  • MANAGEMENT OF SYMBOLIC LINKS
    Publication number: 20100030739
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of creating a symbolic link in a source file system to a target file in a target file system, the method including querying the target file system for an identifier of the target file; incrementing a reference counter of the target file, the reference counter indicating how many symbolic links the target file is a target of; and creating the symbolic link in the source file system, the symbolic link including the identifier received from the target file system in response to the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ujjwal Lanjewar, Chanda Sethia, Yogesh Golwalkar