Patents by Inventor Jieming Zhu

Jieming Zhu 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: 9148419
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for an operator provisioning a trustworthy workspace to a subscriber are disclosed. One method includes providing the subscriber with the trustworthy workspace, where in the trustworthy workspace comprises a virtualized content repository with trustworthy workflows for storing, sharing and processing a digital content across a plurality of repositories. The method further includes allowing the subscriber authority to sub-provision the trustworthy workspace to one or more authorized parties, wherein only the one or more authorized parties can view or modify at least a portion of the digital content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: PivotCloud, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Peter D'Souza, Santosh S. Shanbhag, Jieming Zhu, Frank Salzmann, Bala Kaushik, Ronald Totah, James Chappell
  • Publication number: 20150046985
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for an operator provisioning a trustworthy workspace to a subscriber are disclosed. One method includes providing the subscriber with the trustworthy workspace, where in the trustworthy workspace comprises a virtualized content repository with trustworthy workflows for storing, sharing and processing a digital content across a plurality of repositories. The method further includes allowing the subscriber authority to sub-provision the trustworthy workspace to one or more authorized parties, wherein only the one or more authorized parties can view or modify at least a portion of the digital content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: PivotCloud, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Peter D'Souza, Santosh S. Shanbhag, Jieming Zhu, Frank Salzmann, Bala Kaushik, Ronald Totah, James Chappell
  • Patent number: 8875234
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for an operator provisioning a trustworthy workspace to a subscriber are disclosed. One method includes providing the subscriber with the trustworthy workspace, where in the trustworthy workspace comprises a virtualized content repository with trustworthy workflows for storing, sharing and processing a digital content across a plurality of repositories. The method further includes allowing the subscriber authority to sub-provision the trustworthy workspace to one or more authorized parties, wherein only the one or more authorized parties can view or modify at least a portion of the digital content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: PivotCloud, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Peter D'Souza, Jieming Zhu, Frank Salzmann, Bala Kaushik, Ronald Totah, James Chappell
  • Patent number: 8730840
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fiber Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: David Banks, Kumar Malavalli, Paul Ramsay, Kha Sin Teow, Jieming Zhu
  • Publication number: 20140075518
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for an operator provisioning a trustworthy workspace to a subscriber are disclosed. One method includes providing the subscriber with the trustworthy workspace, where in the trustworthy workspace comprises a virtualized content repository with trustworthy workflows for storing, sharing and processing a digital content across a plurality of repositories. The method further includes allowing the subscriber authority to sub-provision the trustworthy workspace to one or more authorized parties, wherein only the one or more authorized parties can view or modify at least a portion of the digital content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: AlephCloud Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Peter D'Souza, Jieming Zhu, Frank Salzmann, Bala Kaushik, Ronald Totah, James Chappell
  • Publication number: 20130212388
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for providing trustworthy workflow across trust boundaries are disclosed. One method includes a curator generating a first public key (PKC1) and a second public key (PKC2), publishing the first public key (PKC1) and the second public key (PKC2), and generating a first proxy re-encryption key (RKC1-C2) and a second proxy re-encryption key (RKC2-B). Further, a first party encrypts data having a key k, wherein k is encrypted according to the first public key (PKC1). A custodian proxy re-encrypts k from the first public key (PKC1) to the second public key (PKC2) using the first proxy re-encryption key (RK C1-C2), and the custodian proxy re-encrypts k from the second public key (PKC2) to a public key (PKB) of the second party B using the second proxy re-encryption key (RKC2-B). The second party B receiving the data and decrypting the data with the key k.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ALEPHCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Roy Peter D'Souza, Jieming Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120320799
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fibre Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: DAVID BANKS, KUMAR MALAVALLI, PAUL RAMSAY, KHA SIN TEOW, JIEMING ZHU
  • Patent number: 8279775
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fibre Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Banks, Kumar Malavalli, Paul Ramsay, Kha Sin Teow, Jieming Zhu
  • Patent number: 7447198
    Abstract: In a communication network system having a multi-switch Fiber Channel fabric, adjacent switches are communicatively coupled together by a plurality of links. The links are selectively determined to join a trunked group for enabling frames received at one switch to be routed over the links in the trunked group to the adjacent switch in an evenly distributed manner. In one embodiment, a link within the trunked group is coupled to a pair of ports residing on adjacent switches each having a designated trunking master port. The traffic load at one switch is routed through the trunking master port which distributes the load across multiple links and guarantees that the load is received at the adjacent switch with “in-order” delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Banks, Kreg A. Martin, Shunjia Yu, Jieming Zhu, Kevan K. Kwong
  • Publication number: 20080159171
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fibre Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: DAVID BANKS, KUMAR MALAVALLI, PAUL RAMSAY, KHA SIN TEOW, JIEMING ZHU
  • Patent number: 7366194
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for filtering a plurality of frames sent between devices coupled to a fabric by Fiber Channel connections. Frames are reviewed against a set of individual frame filters. Each frame filter is associated with an action, and actions selected by filter matches are prioritized. Groups of devices are “zoned” together and frame filtering ensures that restrictions placed upon communications between devices within the same zone are enforced. Zone group filtering is also used to prevent devices not within the same zone from communicating. Zoning may also be used to create LUN-level zones, protocol zones, and access control zones. In addition, individual frame filters may be created that reference selected portions of frame header or frame payload fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shunjia Yu, David C. Banks, Ding-Long Wu, Jieming Zhu
  • Patent number: 7283486
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fibre Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Banks, Kumar Malavalli, Paul Ramsay, Kha Sin Teow, Jieming Zhu
  • Publication number: 20070211650
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fibre Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: DAVID BANKS, Kumar Malavalli, Paul Ramsay, Kha Sin Teow, Jieming Zhu
  • Patent number: 7167472
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for filtering a plurality of frames sent between devices coupled to a fabric by Fibre Channel connections. Frames are reviewed against a set of individual frame filters. Each frame filter is associated with an action, and actions selected by filter matches are prioritized. Groups of devices are “zoned” together and frame filtering ensures that restrictions placed upon communications between devices within the same zone are enforced. Zone group filtering is also used to prevent devices not within the same zone from communicating. Zoning may also be used to create LUN-level zones, protocol zones, and access control zones. In addition, individual frame filters may be created that reference selected portions of frame header or frame payload fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ding-Long Wu, David C. Banks, Jieming Zhu
  • Patent number: 7151778
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for filtering a plurality of frames sent between devices coupled to a fabric by Fiber Channel connections. Frames are reviewed against a set of individual frame filters. Each frame filter is associated with an action, and actions selected by filter matches are prioritized. Groups of devices are “zoned” together and frame filtering ensures that restrictions placed upon communications between devices within the same zone are enforced. Zone group filtering is also used to prevent devices not within the same zone from communicating. Zoning may also be used to create LUN-level zones, protocol zones, and access control zones. In addition, individual frame filters may be created that reference selected portions of frame header or frame payload fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jieming Zhu, Shunjia Yu, David C. Banks, Ding Long Wu
  • Patent number: 7120128
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fibre Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Banks, Kumar Malavalli, Paul Ramsay, Kha Sin Teow, Jieming Zhu
  • Patent number: 6980525
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by fiber channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Banks, Kumar Malavalli, Paul Ramsay, Kha Sin Teow, Jieming Zhu
  • Publication number: 20050018619
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fibre Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: David Banks, Kumar Malavalli, Paul Ramsay, Kha Sin Teow, Jieming Zhu
  • Publication number: 20040160953
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fibre Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: David Banks, Kumar Malavalli, Paul Ramsay, Kha Sin Teow, Jieming Zhu
  • Patent number: 6765919
    Abstract: In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by fibre channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are members of a common zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Banks, Kumar Malavalli, Paul Ramsay, Kha Sin Teow, Jieming Zhu