Patents by Inventor Jason Dillard Preston

Jason Dillard Preston 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).

  • Namespace hierarchy preservation with multiple object storage objects
    Patent number: 11334540
    Abstract: To leverage the attributes of object storage for applications/systems created to interface with a network files system, an object storage backed file system can accept the defined file system commands from the applications/systems and transform the file system commands into requests that target object storage. The file system is “backed” by object storage because attributes and content of file system entities are stored in objects. For instance, content data and metadata of a file are stored in objects in object storage. This object storage backed file system can be considered a bridge between a client perceived hierarchical file system namespace and a flat namespace of an object storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Ghassan Abdallah Yammine, Kris Allen Meier, Jason Dillard Preston, Derek William Beard
  • Object storage backed file system
    Patent number: 10929419
    Abstract: To leverage the attributes of object storage for applications/systems created to interface with a network files system, an object storage backed file system can accept the defined file system commands from the applications/systems and transform the file system commands into requests that target object storage. The file system is “backed” by object storage because attributes and content of file system entities are stored in objects. For instance, content data and metadata of a file are stored in objects in object storage. This object storage backed file system can be considered a bridge between a client perceived hierarchical file system namespace and a flat namespace of an object storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Derek William Beard, Guy Sirton, Garret Lance Hayes, Jason Dillard Preston
  • OBJECT STORAGE BACKED FILE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170091296
    Abstract: To leverage the attributes of object storage for applications/systems created to interface with a network files system, an object storage backed file system can accept the defined file system commands from the applications/systems and transform the file system commands into requests that target object storage. The file system is “backed” by object storage because attributes and content of file system entities are stored in objects. For instance, content data and metadata of a file are stored in objects in object storage. This object storage backed file system can be considered a bridge between a client perceived hierarchical file system namespace and a flat namespace of an object storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Derek William Beard, Guy Sirton, Garret Lance Hayes, Jason Dillard Preston
  • NAMESPACE HIERARCHY PRESERVATION WITH MULTIPLE OBJECT STORAGE OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20170091235
    Abstract: To leverage the attributes of object storage for applications/systems created to interface with a network files system, an object storage backed file system can accept the defined file system commands from the applications/systems and transform the file system commands into requests that target object storage. The file system is “backed” by object storage because attributes and content of file system entities are stored in objects. For instance, content data and metadata of a file are stored in objects in object storage. This object storage backed file system can be considered a bridge between a client perceived hierarchical file system namespace and a flat namespace of an object storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ghassan Abdallah Yammine, Kris Allen Meier, Jason Dillard Preston, Derek William Beard