Patents by Inventor Ifergan S. Shachor

Ifergan S. Shachor 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).

  • Method and apparatus to allow dynamic changes of a replica network configuration in distributed systems
    Patent number: 10341181
    Abstract: A method and system for implementing a replica network configuration in a distributed system is provided. The system includes a memory having computer readable instructions, and one or more processors for executing the computer readable instructions. The computer readable instructions include generating a replica node that is assigned a computer readable storage medium and a processor, receiving, at the computer readable storage medium, a network configuration of the replica node from a system administrator, automatically generating, using the processor, a unique identifier (UUID) for the replica node, transmitting the UUID to a plurality of replica nodes of the distributed system arranged in the replica network configuration, and storing the UUID in the computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium is a persistent storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vita Bortnikov, Zvi Cahana, Steven D. Clay, Ifergan S. Shachor, Ilya Shnayderman, Christopher P. Vignola
  • METHOD AND APPARTUS TO ALLOW DYNAMIC CHANGES OF A REPLICA NETWORK CONFIGURATION IN DISTRUBTED SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20170257263
    Abstract: A method and system for implementing a replica network configuration in a distributed system is provided. The system includes a memory having computer readable instructions, and one or more processors for executing the computer readable instructions. The computer readable instructions include generating a replica node that is assigned a computer readable storage medium and a processor, receiving, at the computer readable storage medium, a network configuration of the replica node from a system administrator, automatically generating, using the processor, a unique identifier (UUID) for the replica node, transmitting the UUID to a plurality of replica nodes of the distributed system arranged in the replica network configuration, and storing the UUID in the computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium is a persistent storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Vita Bortnikov, Zvi Cahana, Steven D. Clay, Ifergan S. Shachor, Ilya Shnayderman, Christopher P. Vignola