Patents by Inventor James Silva

James Silva 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).

  • Patent number: 12267252
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for a high availability solution (e.g., a network attached storage (NAS) solution) with address preservation during switchover. A first virtual machine is deployed into a first domain and a second virtual machine is deployed into a second domain of a computing environment. The first and second virtual machines are configured as a node pair for providing clients with access to data stored within an aggregate comprising one or more storage structures within shared storage of the computing environment. A load balancer is utilized to manage logical interfaces used by clients to access the virtual machines. During switchover, the load balancer preserves an IP address used to mount and access a data share of the aggregate used by a client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Rajesh Rajaraman, James Silva
  • Patent number: 12202610
    Abstract: An ice protection system for an aircraft includes one or more heaters configured to be coupled to a surface of a wing of the aircraft. The ice protection system also includes a controller configured to, in response to a first determination indicating presence of an icing condition, determine a setpoint temperature for a first location of an outer surface of the wing configured to be heated by a heater of the one or more heaters. The controller is also configured to control power provided to the heater based on the setpoint temperature. The setpoint temperature for the first location is determined to cause a second location of the outer surface of the wing, which is heated by the heater and is located at a particular distance from the first location, to remain above a threshold temperature based on a projected temperature profile of the outer surface heated by the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: John Alexander Ziebart, Douglas James Silva, Hosam E. El-Gabalawy, Luis Antonio Laracuente-Colon, Camron Ravell Call
  • Publication number: 20240313977
    Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying an executable portion of a published cloud image represents an unaltered version of an executable portion of a corresponding original cloud image are provided. In one embodiment, modification of a predefined portion of a cloud image by a cloud provider prior to its publication via a marketplace of the cloud provider is proactively addressed as part of (i) an automated signing process performed by a software publisher on the original cloud image prior to delivery to the cloud provider and (ii) a corresponding background verification process performed on the published cloud image on behalf of users by a management platform. The signing and verification processes are operable to exclude the predefined portion when creating their respective digests, thereby allowing the signed digest created prior to the modification to remain useful as part of a subsequent digest comparison performed by the verification process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Nan Li, James Silva, Sangramsinh Pandurang Pawar, Jing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240137329
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for a high availability solution (e.g., a network attached storage (NAS) solution) with address preservation during switchover. A first virtual machine is deployed into a first domain and a second virtual machine is deployed into a second domain of a computing environment. The first and second virtual machines are configured as a node pair for providing clients with access to data stored within an aggregate comprising one or more storage structures within shared storage of the computing environment. A load balancer is utilized to manage logical interfaces used by clients to access the virtual machines. During switchover, the load balancer preserves an IP address used to mount and access a data share of the aggregate used by a client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Rajesh Rajaraman, James Silva
  • Patent number: 11855905
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for a high availability solution (e.g., a network attached storage (NAS) solution) with address preservation during switchover. A first virtual machine is deployed into a first domain and a second virtual machine is deployed into a second domain of a computing environment. The first and second virtual machines are configured as a node pair for providing clients with access to data stored within an aggregate comprising one or more storage structures within shared storage of the computing environment. A load balancer is utilized to manage logical interfaces used by clients to access the virtual machines. During switchover, the load balancer preserves an IP address used to mount and access a data share of the aggregate used by a client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Rajesh Rajaraman, James Silva
  • Publication number: 20230202660
    Abstract: An ice protection system for an aircraft includes one or more heaters configured to be coupled to a surface of a wing of the aircraft. The ice protection system also includes a controller configured to, in response to a first determination indicating presence of an icing condition, determine a setpoint temperature for a first location of an outer surface of the wing configured to be heated by a heater of the one or more heaters. The controller is also configured to control power provided to the heater based on the setpoint temperature. The setpoint temperature for the first location is determined to cause a second location of the outer surface of the wing, which is heated by the heater and is located at a particular distance from the first location, to remain above a threshold temperature based on a projected temperature profile of the outer surface heated by the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: John Alexander Ziebart, Douglas James Silva, Hosam E. El-Gabalawy, Luis Antonio Laracuente-Colon, Camron Ravell Call
  • Publication number: 20230087493
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for a high availability solution (e.g., a network attached storage (NAS) solution) with address preservation during switchover. A first virtual machine is deployed into a first domain and a second virtual machine is deployed into a second domain of a computing environment. The first and second virtual machines are configured as a node pair for providing clients with access to data stored within an aggregate comprising one or more storage structures within shared storage of the computing environment. A load balancer is utilized to manage logical interfaces used by clients to access the virtual machines. During switchover, the load balancer preserves an IP address used to mount and access a data share of the aggregate used by a client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Rajesh Rajaraman, James Silva
  • Patent number: 11522808
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for a high availability solution (e.g., a network attached storage (NAS) solution) with address preservation during switchover. A first virtual machine is deployed into a first domain and a second virtual machine is deployed into a second domain of a computing environment. The first and second virtual machines are configured as a node pair for providing clients with access to data stored within an aggregate comprising one or more storage structures within shared storage of the computing environment. A load balancer is utilized to manage logical interfaces used by clients to access the virtual machines. During switchover, the load balancer preserves an IP address used to mount and access a data share of the aggregate used by a client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Rajesh Rajaraman, James Silva
  • Publication number: 20220347930
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes receiving fabrication data from an additive manufacturing system during fabrication of an object by the additive manufacturing system. The fabrication data is collected by a sensor associated with the additive manufacturing system during the fabrication of the object. The method further includes generating a digital representation of the fabrication data. The method further includes adjusting, based at least in part on the digital representation, an aspect of the additive manufacturing system. The method further includes implementing the adjusted aspect during the fabrication of the object by the additive manufacturing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Paddock, Jacob Goldman, Isaiah James Silva
  • Patent number: 11299280
    Abstract: An anti-ice system is disclosed, including an airfoil structure having a leading-edge portion facing a wind direction. The airfoil structure includes an outer skin and an inner skin which form a plurality of channels, each channel having an air inlet and an air outlet. An air delivery duct inside the airfoil structure extends transverse to the wind direction and has a plurality of openings directed toward the air inlets of the channels. A heat exchanger is configured to provide hot air to the air delivery duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Burton, Stephen Roger Amorosi, Douglas James Silva
  • Publication number: 20220006755
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for load balancing for IP failover. A backend address of a first node is identified as a routing destination to which a request is to be routed by a load balancer based upon a load balancer rule mapping a frontend address, specified by the request as a request destination, to the backend address of the first node. The request is routed to a primary network interface of the first node using the backend address. The first node has a loopback interface with an address matching the frontend address for routing the request to a destination data structure based upon the request maintaining the frontend address as the request destination. Health probes are used by the load balancer for detecting a failure of the first node in order to failover to routing requests to a second backend address of a second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Mohinish Vinnakota, James Silva, Rajesh Rajaraman
  • Patent number: 11128573
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for load balancing for IP failover. A backend address of a first node is identified as a routing destination to which a request is to be routed by a load balancer based upon a load balancer rule mapping a frontend address, specified by the request as a request destination, to the backend address of the first node. The request is routed to a primary network interface of the first node using the backend address. The first node has a loopback interface with an address matching the frontend address for routing the request to a destination data structure based upon the request maintaining the frontend address as the request destination. Health probes are used by the load balancer for detecting a failure of the first node in order to failover to routing requests to a second backend address of a second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NetApp Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Mohinish Vinnakota, James Silva, Rajesh Rajaraman
  • Publication number: 20210024220
    Abstract: An anti-ice system is disclosed, including an airfoil structure having a leading-edge portion facing a wind direction. The airfoil structure includes an outer skin and an inner skin which form a plurality of channels, each channel having an air inlet and an air outlet. An air delivery duct inside the airfoil structure extends transverse to the wind direction and has a plurality of openings directed toward the air inlets of the channels. A heat exchanger is configured to provide hot air to the air delivery duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Burton, Stephen Roger Amorosi, Douglas James Silva
  • Publication number: 20200127937
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for load balancing for IP failover. A backend address of a first node is identified as a routing destination to which a request is to be routed by a load balancer based upon a load balancer rule mapping a frontend address, specified by the request as a request destination, to the backend address of the first node. The request is routed to a primary network interface of the first node using the backend address. The first node has a loopback interface with an address matching the frontend address for routing the request to a destination data structure based upon the request maintaining the frontend address as the request destination. Health probes are used by the load balancer for detecting a failure of the first node in order to failover to routing requests to a second backend address of a second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Mohinish Vinnakota, James Silva
  • Publication number: 20200125386
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for a high availability solution (e.g., a network attached storage (NAS) solution) with address preservation during switchover. A first virtual machine is deployed into a first domain and a second virtual machine is deployed into a second domain of a computing environment. The first and second virtual machines are configured as a node pair for providing clients with access to data stored within an aggregate comprising one or more storage structures within shared storage of the computing environment. A load balancer is utilized to manage logical interfaces used by clients to access the virtual machines. During switchover, the load balancer preserves an IP address used to mount and access a data share of the aggregate used by a client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Rajesh Rajaraman, James Silva
  • Patent number: 9747032
    Abstract: A system and method for uniquely identifying a storage device among an array of storage devices of a storage system is provided. In some embodiments, a storage device of the storage system is identified. The storage device may currently lack a name or may have an invalid name. A shelf identifier of a storage device shelf in which the storage device is installed is determined. A stack identifier associated with a connection of the storage device is also determined. The storage system constructs a device name for the storage device based on the shelf identifier and the stack identifier. In some such embodiments, a bay in which the storage device is installed is determined, and the device name is further based on an identifier of the bay. The device name may include the stack identifier, the shelf identifier, and/or the identifier of the bay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Barron, James Silva
  • Patent number: 9454316
    Abstract: A clustered storage environment can distribute responsibility for naming virtual disks to nodes of the clustered storage environment. The clustered storage environment maintains a list of names in a structure that is visible to cluster member nodes responsible for naming the virtual disks. As the cluster member nodes discover mass storage devices (e.g., storage arrays) in the clustered storage environment, the nodes determine identifiers of the mass storage devices. For each mass storage device, the nodes use the mass storage device identifier to establish a namespace for virtual disks of the corresponding mass storage device. The nodes can then provide consistent, exclusive names for the virtual disks throughout the cluster that are manageable names.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Barron, James Silva
  • Publication number: 20150347043
    Abstract: A clustered storage environment can distribute responsibility for naming virtual disks to nodes of the clustered storage environment. The clustered storage environment maintains a list of names in a structure that is visible to cluster member nodes responsible for naming the virtual disks. As the cluster member nodes discover mass storage devices (e.g., storage arrays) in the clustered storage environment, the nodes determine identifiers of the mass storage devices. For each mass storage device, the nodes use the mass storage device identifier to establish a namespace for virtual disks of the corresponding mass storage device. The nodes can then provide consistent, exclusive names for the virtual disks throughout the cluster that are manageable names.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Barron, James Silva
  • Publication number: 20150331894
    Abstract: A system and method for uniquely identifying a storage device among an array of storage devices of a storage system is provided. In some embodiments, a storage device of the storage system is identified. The storage device may currently lack a name or may have an invalid name. A shelf identifier of a storage device shelf in which the storage device is installed is determined. A stack identifier associated with a connection of the storage device is also determined. The storage system constructs a device name for the storage device based on the shelf identifier and the stack identifier. In some such embodiments, a bay in which the storage device is installed is determined, and the device name is further based on an identifier of the bay. The device name may include the stack identifier, the shelf identifier, and/or the identifier of the bay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Barron, James Silva
  • Publication number: 20130104297
    Abstract: Digital device screen apparatus for use with a motorcycle helmet or like. In one example, apparatus includes a screen and means of connection. The device is attachable or attached to a rearward facing portion of a helmet (5) to display a picture, image or video source. In one example, a front mount camera is connected to a viewing screen mounted on the back of a helmet. In one example, the screen mount is configurable to house a variety of screens and sizes and types. In another example, a video display apparatus interfaces to the motorcycle with either a conventional breakaway cable, wirelessly via Blue Tooth, R.F. Radio Frequency or other means of wireless transmission. The apparatus can be integrated or added as an aftermarket accessory to a helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Brandon James Silva, Shannon James Hakeem