Patents by Inventor Joseph E. Fernandes

Joseph E. Fernandes 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).

  • Automatic WORM-retention state transitions
    Patent number: 9514150
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to automatic WORM-retention state transitions. In example embodiments, a storage computing device may detect a request to access, via a file system, a file that is associated with a first retention state. The first retention state may indicate either a first type of WORM-retention protection for the file or no WORM-retention protection for the file. The storage computing device may determine, in response to the request, that the file should be designated with a second retention state. The second retention state may indicate a second type of WORM-retention protection for the file. The determination may be based on a retention policy file that is tightly integrated with the file system and metadata of the file. The storage computing device may transition the file (e.g., by communicating with the file system) to be associated with the second retention state instead of the first retention state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Andrew M Sparkes, Rajkumar Kannan, Michael J Spitzer, Joseph E Fernandes
  • AUTOMATIC WORM-RETENTION STATE TRANSITIONS
    Publication number: 20140317157
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to automatic WORM-retention state transitions. In example embodiments, a storage computing device may detect a request to access, via a file system, a file that is associated with a first retention state. The first retention state may indicate either a first type of WORM-retention protection for the file or no WORM-retention protection for the file. The storage computing device may determine, in response to the request, that the file should be designated with a second retention state. The second retention state may indicate a second type of WORM-retention protection for the file. The determination may be based on a retention policy file that is tightly integrated with the file system and metadata of the file. The storage computing device may transition the file (e.g., by communicating with the file system) to be associated with the second retention state instead of the first retention state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Sparkes, Rajkumar Kannan, Michael J. Spitzer, Joseph E. Fernandes