Patents by Inventor Fengcheng Lu

Fengcheng Lu 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 and method of file locking in a network file system federated namespace
    Patent number: 8935560
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus of a file locking within a network file system federated namespace is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a target file in a storage medium over a network through an intermediate proxy server using a processor. The storage medium may be any one storage medium of a group of storage mediums on the network forming a data sharing cluster. In addition, the method includes locking the target file in the storage medium through a lock protocol to enable an access to modify the target file to at most one user at any given time, via the intermediate proxy server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Fengcheng Lu, Kang Wei, Uresh Vahalia, Jean-Pierre B. Bono
  • Multi-protocol global namespace mechanism for network attached storage
    Patent number: 8527586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for abstracting multiple network attached storage (“NAS”) locations, providing a single global namespace and a single mount point that is protocol and location-independent. As a result, rather than identifying each NAS and file server by location, access is provided through a single transparent mechanism. In order to maintain transparency, the present invention provides a way to reconcile the different naming practices for different file server protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Becher, Weiye Cheng, Yung-Chieh Stephen Hu, Yisui Hu, Alexei Karaban, Paul Lemahieu, Lixie Liu, Philip Love, Fengcheng Lu, Peter Madany, Ye Zhang
  • Multi-protocol global namespace mechanism for network attached storage
    Patent number: 8255550
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for abstracting multiple network attached storage (“NAS”) locations, providing a single global namespace and a single mount point that is protocol and location-independent. As a result, rather than identifying each NAS and file server by location, access is provided through a single transparent mechanism. In order to maintain transparency, the present invention provides a way to reconcile the different naming practices for different file server protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Becher, Weiye Cheng, Yung-Chieh Stephen Hu, Yisui Hu, Alexei Karaban, Paul Lemahieu, Lixie Liu, Philip Love, Fengcheng Lu, Peter Madany, Ye Zhang
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FILE LOCKING IN A NETWORK FILE SYSTEM FEDERATED NAMESPACE
    Publication number: 20120072763
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus of a file locking within a network file system federated namespace is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a target file in a storage medium over a network through an intermediate proxy server using a processor. The storage medium may be any one storage medium of a group of storage mediums on the network forming a data sharing cluster. In addition, the method includes locking the target file in the storage medium through a lock protocol to enable an access to modify the target file to at most one user at any given time, via the intermediate proxy server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: FENGCHENG LU, Kang Wei, Uresh Vahalia, Jean-Pierre B. Bono