Patents by Inventor John Francis Gillono

John Francis Gillono 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 for verifying and restoring the consistency of inode to pathname mappings in a filesystem
    Patent number: 9043291
    Abstract: A system and method verifies and restores the consistency of inode to pathname mappings. In a first embodiment, an off-line verification procedure is modified to verify and correct the primary name inode to pathname mapping information within inodes of a file system. In a second embodiment, an on-line file system verification process is modified to verify inode to pathname mapping information upon the loading of each inode within the file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Zayas, Thomas Haynes, John Francis Gillono, Andy C. Kahn
  • System and method for maintaining mappings from data containers to their parent directories
    Patent number: 8903761
    Abstract: A system and method maintains mappings from data containers to their parent directories within a file system of a storage system. Each inode is modified to include a primary name data structure comprising a parent directory inode and a parent directory cookie value. The parent directory cookie value identifies a particular directory entry within a specified block of a directory identified by parent directory inode. An alternate name file is utilized to store alternate names, such as those associated with hard links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Zayas, Thomas Haynes, John Francis Gillono, Andy C. Kahn, Sreelatha S. Reddy
  • System and method for maintaining mappings from data containers to their parent directories
    Patent number: 7739318
    Abstract: A system and method maintains mappings from data containers to their parent directories within a file system of a storage system. Each inode is modified to include a primary name data structure comprising a parent directory inode and a parent directory cookie value. The parent directory cookie value identifies a particular directory entry within a specified block of a directory identified by parent directory inode. An alternate name file is utilized to store alternate names, such as those associated with hard links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Zayas, Thomas Haynes, John Francis Gillono, Andy C. Kahn, Sreelatha S. Reddy
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AND RESTORING THE CONSISTENCY OF INODE TO PATHNAME MAPPINGS IN A FILESYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100131474
    Abstract: A system and method verifies and restores the consistency of inode to pathname mappings. In a first embodiment, an off-line verification procedure is modified to verify and correct the primary name inode to pathname mapping information within inodes of a file system. In a second embodiment, an on-line file system verification process is modified to verify inode to pathname mapping information upon the loading of each inode within the file system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Edward R. Zayas, Thomas Hynes, John Francis Gillono, Andy C. Kahn
  • System and method for verifying and restoring the consistency of inode to pathname mappings in a filesystem
    Patent number: 7707193
    Abstract: A system and method verifies and restores the consistency of inode to pathname mappings. In a first embodiment, an off-line verification procedure is modified to verify and correct the primary name inode to pathname mapping information within inodes of a file system. In a second embodiment, an on-line file system verification process is modified to verify inode to pathname mapping information upon the loading of each inode within the file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Zayas, Thomas Haynes, John Francis Gillono, Andy C. Kahn