Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre B. Bono

Jean-Pierre B. Bono 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
  • 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