Patents by Inventor Claudio Fleiner

Claudio Fleiner 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: 12235726
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a hierarchical data service (HDS) that manages many resource clusters that are in a resource cluster hierarchy. In some embodiments, each resource cluster has its own cluster manager, and the cluster managers are in a cluster manager hierarchy that mimics the hierarchy of the resource clusters. In some embodiments, both the resource cluster hierarchy and the cluster manager hierarchy are tree structures, e.g., a directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure that has one root node with multiple other nodes in a hierarchy, with each other node having only one parent node and one or more possible child nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: VMware LLC
    Inventors: Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann
  • Patent number: 11921583
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a hierarchical data service (HDS) that manages many resource clusters that are in a resource cluster hierarchy. In some embodiments, each resource cluster has its own cluster manager, and the cluster managers are in a cluster manager hierarchy that mimics the hierarchy of the resource clusters. In some embodiments, both the resource cluster hierarchy and the cluster manager hierarchy are tree structures, e.g., a directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure that has one root node with multiple other nodes in a hierarchy, with each other node having only one parent node and one or more possible child nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: VMware LLC
    Inventors: Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann
  • Patent number: 11811859
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a hierarchical data service (HDS) that manages many resource clusters that are in a resource cluster hierarchy. In some embodiments, each resource cluster has its own cluster manager, and the cluster managers are in a cluster manager hierarchy that mimics the hierarchy of the resource clusters. In some embodiments, both the resource cluster hierarchy and the cluster manager hierarchy are tree structures, e.g., a directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure that has one root node with multiple other nodes in a hierarchy, with each other node having only one parent node and one or more possible child nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann
  • Patent number: 11716383
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of providing distributed storage services to a host computer from a network interface card (NIC) of the host computer. At the NIC, the method accesses a set of one or more external storages operating outside of the host computer through a shared port of the NIC that is not only used to access the set of external storages but also for forwarding packets not related to an external storage. In some embodiments, the method accesses the external storage set by using a network fabric storage driver that employs a network fabric storage protocol to access the external storage set. The method presents the external storage as a local storage of the host computer to a set of programs executing on the host computer. In some embodiments, the method presents the local storage by using a storage emulation layer on the NIC to create a local storage construct that presents the set of external storages as a local storage of the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Jinpyo Kim, Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann, Shoby A. Cherian, Anjaneya P. Gondi
  • Patent number: 11636053
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of providing distributed storage services to a host computer from a network interface card (NIC) of the host computer. At the NIC, the method accesses a set of one or more external storages operating outside of the host computer through a shared port of the NIC that is not only used to access the set of external storages but also for forwarding packets not related to an external storage. In some embodiments, the method accesses the external storage set by using a network fabric storage driver that employs a network fabric storage protocol to access the external storage set. The method presents the external storage as a local storage of the host computer to a set of programs executing on the host computer. In some embodiments, the method presents the local storage by using a storage emulation layer on the NIC to create a local storage construct that presents the set of external storages as a local storage of the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Jinpyo Kim, Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann, Shoby A. Cherian, Anjaneya P. Gondi
  • Publication number: 20230112616
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a hierarchical data service (HDS) that manages many resource clusters that are in a resource cluster hierarchy. In some embodiments, each resource cluster has its own cluster manager, and the cluster managers are in a cluster manager hierarchy that mimics the hierarchy of the resource clusters. In some embodiments, both the resource cluster hierarchy and the cluster manager hierarchy are tree structures, e.g., a directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure that has one root node with multiple other nodes in a hierarchy, with each other node having only one parent node and one or more possible child nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann
  • Publication number: 20230109219
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a hierarchical data service (HDS) that manages many resource clusters that are in a resource cluster hierarchy. In some embodiments, each resource cluster has its own cluster manager, and the cluster managers are in a cluster manager hierarchy that mimics the hierarchy of the resource clusters. In some embodiments, both the resource cluster hierarchy and the cluster manager hierarchy are tree structures, e.g., a directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure that has one root node with multiple other nodes in a hierarchy, with each other node having only one parent node and one or more possible child nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann
  • Publication number: 20230106074
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a hierarchical data service (HDS) that manages many resource clusters that are in a resource cluster hierarchy. In some embodiments, each resource cluster has its own cluster manager, and the cluster managers are in a cluster manager hierarchy that mimics the hierarchy of the resource clusters. In some embodiments, both the resource cluster hierarchy and the cluster manager hierarchy are tree structures, e.g., a directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure that has one root node with multiple other nodes in a hierarchy, with each other node having only one parent node and one or more possible child nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann
  • Publication number: 20230104804
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a hierarchical data service (HDS) that manages many resource clusters that are in a resource cluster hierarchy. In some embodiments, each resource cluster has its own cluster manager, and the cluster managers are in a cluster manager hierarchy that mimics the hierarchy of the resource clusters. In some embodiments, both the resource cluster hierarchy and the cluster manager hierarchy are tree structures, e.g., a directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure that has one root node with multiple other nodes in a hierarchy, with each other node having only one parent node and one or more possible child nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann
  • Publication number: 20230105676
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a hierarchical data service (HDS) that manages many resource clusters that are in a resource cluster hierarchy. In some embodiments, each resource cluster has its own cluster manager, and the cluster managers are in a cluster manager hierarchy that mimics the hierarchy of the resource clusters. In some embodiments, both the resource cluster hierarchy and the cluster manager hierarchy are tree structures, e.g., a directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure that has one root node with multiple other nodes in a hierarchy, with each other node having only one parent node and one or more possible child nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann
  • Publication number: 20230107048
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a hierarchical data service (HDS) that manages many resource clusters that are in a resource cluster hierarchy. In some embodiments, each resource cluster has its own cluster manager, and the cluster managers are in a cluster manager hierarchy that mimics the hierarchy of the resource clusters. In some embodiments, both the resource cluster hierarchy and the cluster manager hierarchy are tree structures, e.g., a directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure that has one root node with multiple other nodes in a hierarchy, with each other node having only one parent node and one or more possible child nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann
  • Patent number: 11593278
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of providing distributed storage services to a host computer from a network interface card (NIC) of the host computer. At the NIC, the method accesses a set of one or more external storages operating outside of the host computer through a shared port of the NIC that is not only used to access the set of external storages but also for forwarding packets not related to an external storage. In some embodiments, the method accesses the external storage set by using a network fabric storage driver that employs a network fabric storage protocol to access the external storage set. The method presents the external storage as a local storage of the host computer to a set of programs executing on the host computer. In some embodiments, the method presents the local storage by using a storage emulation layer on the NIC to create a local storage construct that presents the set of external storages as a local storage of the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Jinpyo Kim, Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann, Anjaneya P. Gondi, Yongqi Hu
  • Publication number: 20220206962
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of providing distributed storage services to a host computer from a network interface card (NIC) of the host computer. At the NIC, the method accesses a set of one or more external storages operating outside of the host computer through a shared port of the NIC that is not only used to access the set of external storages but also for forwarding packets not related to an external storage. In some embodiments, the method accesses the external storage set by using a network fabric storage driver that employs a network fabric storage protocol to access the external storage set. The method presents the external storage as a local storage of the host computer to a set of programs executing on the host computer. In some embodiments, the method presents the local storage by using a storage emulation layer on the NIC to create a local storage construct that presents the set of external storages as a local storage of the host computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Jinpyo Kim, Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann, Anjaneya P. Gondi, Yongqi Hu
  • Publication number: 20220206964
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of providing distributed storage services to a host computer from a network interface card (NIC) of the host computer. At the NIC, the method accesses a set of one or more external storages operating outside of the host computer through a shared port of the NIC that is not only used to access the set of external storages but also for forwarding packets not related to an external storage. In some embodiments, the method accesses the external storage set by using a network fabric storage driver that employs a network fabric storage protocol to access the external storage set. The method presents the external storage as a local storage of the host computer to a set of programs executing on the host computer. In some embodiments, the method presents the local storage by using a storage emulation layer on the NIC to create a local storage construct that presents the set of external storages as a local storage of the host computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Jinpyo Kim, Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann, Shoby A. Cherian, Anjaneya P. Gondi
  • Publication number: 20220103490
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of providing distributed storage services to a host computer from a network interface card (NIC) of the host computer. At the NIC, the method accesses a set of one or more external storages operating outside of the host computer through a shared port of the NIC that is not only used to access the set of external storages but also for forwarding packets not related to an external storage. In some embodiments, the method accesses the external storage set by using a network fabric storage driver that employs a network fabric storage protocol to access the external storage set. The method presents the external storage as a local storage of the host computer to a set of programs executing on the host computer. In some embodiments, the method presents the local storage by using a storage emulation layer on the NIC to create a local storage construct that presents the set of external storages as a local storage of the host computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Jinpyo Kim, Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann, Shoby A. Cherian, Anjaneya P. Gondi
  • Publication number: 20220100432
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of providing distributed storage services to a host computer from a network interface card (NIC) of the host computer. At the NIC, the method accesses a set of one or more external storages operating outside of the host computer through a shared port of the NIC that is not only used to access the set of external storages but also for forwarding packets not related to an external storage. In some embodiments, the method accesses the external storage set by using a network fabric storage driver that employs a network fabric storage protocol to access the external storage set. The method presents the external storage as a local storage of the host computer to a set of programs executing on the host computer. In some embodiments, the method presents the local storage by using a storage emulation layer on the NIC to create a local storage construct that presents the set of external storages as a local storage of the host computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Jinpyo Kim, Claudio Fleiner, Marc Fleischmann, Shoby A. Cherian, Anjaneya P. Gondi
  • Patent number: 10505813
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to device in a network. The device includes an obtaining module, a storage module, and a determination module. The obtaining module is configured to obtain topology information associated with one or more nodes available in a network. The storage module is configured to store the topology information obtained along with meta-information associated with the topology information, if any. The determination module is configured to determine placement of at least storage resources on at least one node selected from the one or more nodes based on the topology information and the meta-information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Inventors: Claudio Fleiner, Raghu Krishnamurthy, Shailesh Mittal
  • Publication number: 20180337824
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to device in a network. The device includes an obtaining module, a storage module, and a determination module. The obtaining module is configured to obtain topology information associated with one or more nodes available in a network. The storage module is configured to store the topology information obtained along with meta-information associated with the topology information, if any. The determination module is configured to determine placement of at least storage resources on at least one node selected from the one or more nodes based on the topology information and the meta-information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: DATERA, INC.
    Inventors: CLAUDIO FLEINER, RAGHU KRISHNAMURTHY, SHAILESH MITTAL
  • Patent number: 9705984
    Abstract: A fault-tolerant configuration to share computer accessible data storage devices contained in a computer system with other such computer systems. Embodiments of the present invention allow sharing data storage devices contained in a first computer storage system with a second computer system by providing two or more independent connections to the data storage devices, such connections to the second computer system being independent of a motherboard (or a component thereon) contained in the first computer system, and thus ensuring continued access to the storage devices in the presence of component failures of the first computer system, such components being redundant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: DATERA, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Marc Fleischmann, Claudio Fleiner, Michael Kromer, Nicholas Bellinger
  • Publication number: 20140250322
    Abstract: A fault-tolerant configuration to share computer accessible data storage devices contained in a computer system with other such computer systems. Embodiments of the present invention allow sharing data storage devices contained in a first computer storage system with a second computer system by providing two or more independent connections to the data storage devices, such connections to the second computer system being independent of a motherboard (or a component thereon) contained in the first computer system, and thus ensuring continued access to the storage devices in the presence of component failures of the first computer system, such components being redundant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Datera, Incorporated
    Inventors: Marc FLEISCHMANN, Claudio FLEINER, Michael KROMER, Nicholas BELLINGER