Patents by Inventor James Paul McKinion

James Paul McKinion 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).

  • Network-attached storage gateway validation
    Patent number: 9660962
    Abstract: An indication to validate operation of a network-attached storage gateway is received. The network-attached storage gateway communicatively couples a client and an object store. a virtual namespace is generated based, at least in part, on a network-based file system implemented by the network-attached storage gateway. A first file system entity is selected from the virtual namespace. A first identifier of the first object in the object store is determined. The first object corresponds to the first file system entity. The first object is retrieved from the object store based, at least in part, on the first identifier. The first object is retrieved by bypassing the network-attached storage gateway. It is determined whether the first object matches the first file system entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventor: James Paul McKinion
  • NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE GATEWAY VALIDATION
    Publication number: 20170093798
    Abstract: An indication to validate operation of a network-attached storage gateway is received. The network-attached storage gateway communicatively couples a client and an object store. a virtual namespace is generated based, at least in part, on a network-based file system implemented by the network-attached storage gateway. A first file system entity is selected from the virtual namespace. A first identifier of the first object in the object store is determined. The first object corresponds to the first file system entity. The first object is retrieved from the object store based, at least in part, on the first identifier. The first object is retrieved by bypassing the network-attached storage gateway. It is determined whether the first object matches the first file system entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: James Paul McKinion