Patents by Inventor Clemens Veit Siebler

Clemens Veit Siebler 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).

  • Methods and systems for inter plug-in communication
    Patent number: 9658904
    Abstract: Methods and system for a storage environment are provided. The method generates a first discovery request for a first plug-in associated with a first application executed by a computing system having access to a networked storage system for a storage service operation; acquires metadata by the first plug-in for the storage service operation and storing the metadata at a first location and at a second location, where the second location is at a storage device managed by a storage interface module that co-ordinates completion of the storage service operation; generates a second discovery request for a second plug-in for a second application for the storage service operation; and acquires metadata by the second plug-in using the metadata acquired by the first plug-in for the storage service operation and updating metadata stored at the first location and the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Clemens Veit Siebler, Keith Tenzer, Charles M. Fouts
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTER PLUG-IN COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20160012128
    Abstract: Methods and system for a storage environment are provided. The method generates a first discovery request for a first plug-in associated with a first application executed by a computing system having access to a networked storage system for a storage service operation; acquires metadata by the first plug-in for the storage service operation and storing the metadata at a first location and at a second location, where the second location is at a storage device managed by a storage interface module that co-ordinates completion of the storage service operation; generates a second discovery request for a second plug-in for a second application for the storage service operation; and acquires metadata by the second plug-in using the metadata acquired by the first plug-in for the storage service operation and updating metadata stored at the first location and the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Clemens Veit Siebler, Keith Tenzer, Charles M. Fouts