Patents by Inventor Edward H.W. Lin

Edward H.W. Lin 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).

  • Publication number: 20190272391
    Abstract: A computer program product is provided for auditing data in object storage. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:send, by the processor, an object to an object storage system. A directive to audit the object is also sent to the object storage system by the processor. Furthermore, one or more additional directives are sent to the object storage system by the processor. Each of the one or more additional directives are independently selected from the group consisting of: a feedback directive to obtain feedback regarding a progress and/or a status of the audit; and a control directive to start, pause, or stop the audit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Robert B. Basham, Joseph W. Dain, Edward H.W. Lin
  • Publication number: 20170091233
    Abstract: A computer program product is provided for auditing data in object storage. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by an object storage system to cause the object storage system to receive a directive to audit an object, and audit the object based on the directive. Additionally, the program instructions are executable by the object storage system to cause the object storage system to generate a result of the audit of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Robert B. Basham, Joseph W. Dain, Edward H.W. Lin
  • Publication number: 20170010826
    Abstract: A computer program product is provided for efficiently managing storage in a multi-tiered storage system. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to receive a command from an application, where the command is directed to at least one object. The program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine storage for the at least one object in a multi-tiered storage system based on the command, and store the at least one object in accordance with the determined storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Robert B. Basham, Joseph W. Dain, Evangelos S. Eleftheriou, Dean Hildebrand, Stan Li, Edward H.W. Lin, Harold J. Roberson, II, Slavisa Sarafijanovic, Thomas D. Weigold