Patents by Inventor Christopher Howard Edmett Stacey

Christopher Howard Edmett Stacey 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).

  • System for operating NFSv2 and NFSv3 clients with federated namespace
    Patent number: 8516149
    Abstract: An information retrieval system having: a client adapted for accessing a plurality of file sets stored on one of a plurality of file servers; a plurality of file servers configured to operate with a federated file system namespace; and a memory for storing re-direction information accessible by the client for identifying a request issued by the client for a file set at a first location in the namespace where the file set is located at a second, different location on one of the file servers and wherein the client in examining the re-direction information in the memory, re-directs the request to the second location in accordance with the re-direction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Howard Edmett Stacey