Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Jie Yang

Jeffrey Jie Yang 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).

  • Managing network connection of a network node
    Patent number: 9628326
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of managing a network connection of a network node comprising a NIC of a first type and a NIC of a second type. The method comprises: creating an interface device in the network node and setting the interface device to exchange data with a bridge connected to the NIC of the first type in response to detection of a failure in the NIC of the first type; determining a secondary node; instructing the secondary node to create and set a corresponding interface device; constructing a data channel between the interface device and the corresponding interface device, such that the data channel is capable of conducting data transmission using a network formed by the NICs of the second type. The apparatus corresponds to the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Jie Nan, Hong Jun Tu, Jeffrey Jie Yang
  • Managing Network Connection of a Network Node
    Publication number: 20150113112
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of managing a network connection of a network node comprising a NIC of a first type and a NIC of a second type. The method comprises: creating an interface device in the network node and setting the interface device to exchange data with a bridge connected to the NIC of the first type in response to detection of a failure in the NIC of the first type; determining a secondary node; instructing the secondary node to create and set a corresponding interface device; constructing a data channel between the interface device and the corresponding interface device, such that the data channel is capable of conducting data transmission using a network formed by the NICs of the second type. The apparatus corresponds to the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Jun Jie Nan, Hong Jun Tu, Jeffrey Jie Yang