Patents by Inventor Chirag D. Dalal

Chirag D. Dalal 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: 7836271
    Abstract: A computer system or memory medium with instructions executable by a computer system to use a single allocator to coordinate volume transformations across virtualization layers. In one embodiment, the computer system creates a first storage object, wherein the first storage object is created to have a property. The computer system creates a second storage object out of the first storage object, wherein the second storage object depends on the property of the first storage object. The computer system then modifies the first storage object, wherein the modified first storage object maintains the property upon which the second storage object depends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Symantec Operating Corporation
    Inventors: Chirag D. Dalal, Ronald S. Karr