Patents by Inventor Kai BÖRNER

Kai BÖRNER 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: 11693963
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting ransomware and repairing data following an attack. The method includes, collecting file statistics for files in a file system, identifying an affected file based on collected file statistics, locking down of access to the file system in response to identifying the affected file, undoing of reconcile processing, repairing the affected files, and unlocking access to the file system. The system includes a computer node, a file system, a plurality of disc storage components, a backup client, a backup client, and a hierarchical storage client. The hierarchical storage client is configured to collect file statistics for files in file system, identify affected files based on collected file statistics for the file, lock down of access to the file system in response to an identified affected file, undo reconcile processing, repair the affected file; and unlock access to the file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dominic Mueller-Wicke, Stefan Bender, Thomas Schreiber, Kai Boerner
  • Publication number: 20220222345
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting ransomware and repairing data following an attack. The method includes, collecting file statistics for files in a file system, identifying an affected file based on collected file statistics, locking down of access to the file system in response to identifying the affected file, undoing of reconcile processing, repairing the affected files, and unlocking access to the file system. The system includes a computer node, a file system, a plurality of disc storage components, a backup client, a backup client, and a hierarchical storage client. The hierarchical storage client is configured to collect file statistics for files in file system, identify affected files based on collected file statistics for the file, lock down of access to the file system in response to an identified affected file, undo reconcile processing, repair the affected file; and unlock access to the file system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Dominic Mueller-Wicke, Stefan Bender, Thomas Schreiber, Kai Boerner
  • Patent number: 11328064
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting ransomware and repairing data following an attack. The method includes, collecting file statistics for files in a file system, identifying an affected file based on collected file statistics, locking down of access to the file system in response to identifying the affected file, undoing of reconcile processing, repairing the affected files, and unlocking access to the file system. The system includes a computer node, a file system, a plurality of disc storage components, a backup client, a backup client, and a hierarchical storage client. The hierarchical storage client is configured to collect file statistics for files in file system, identify affected files based on collected file statistics for the file, lock down of access to the file system in response to an identified affected file, undo reconcile processing, repair the affected file; and unlock access to the file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dominic Mueller-Wicke, Stefan Bender, Thomas Schreiber, Kai Boerner
  • Patent number: 11281621
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for archiving files of a local file system of a client system in a remote storage system. The local file system and the remote storage system are communicatively coupled via a network. The method comprises executing an archive process on an archive computer system communicatively coupled to the network. The archiving is solely controlled by the archive process. The execution causes the archive computer system to receive a configuration comprising share metadata, descriptive of a file share in the local file system, and a network address of the client system; remotely access the local file system using the configuration; scan the files of the file share to identify candidate files for archiving; and archive the candidate files by copying the candidate files to the remote storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai Boerner, Fabian Kuhl, Dominic Mueller-Wicke, Thomas Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20210336968
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for detecting and mitigating ransomware using snapshot-based backups applied to a block-oriented storage device, by performing the following operations: (i) performing, in predetermined time-intervals, snapshot backups of data in a block-oriented storage device; (ii) determining at least one interval malware index value between a last snapshot backup and a next planned snapshot backup, wherein the interval malware index value is indicative of a changed block rate in stored data of storage blocks of the block-oriented storage device; and (iii) in response to determining that the interval malware index value is larger than a predefined interval malware index threshold value, triggering an emergency snapshot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan Bender, Dominic Mueller-Wicke, Mauro Cruciani, Christian Mueller, Thomas Schreiber, Frank Mueller, Kai Boerner
  • Publication number: 20210049272
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting ransomware and repairing data following an attack. The method includes, collecting file statistics for files in a file system, identifying an affected file based on collected file statistics, locking down of access to the file system in response to identifying the affected file, undoing of reconcile processing, repairing the affected files, and unlocking access to the file system. The system includes a computer node, a file system, a plurality of disc storage components, a backup client, a backup client, and a hierarchical storage client. The hierarchical storage client is configured to collect file statistics for files in file system, identify affected files based on collected file statistics for the file, lock down of access to the file system in response to an identified affected file, undo reconcile processing, repair the affected file; and unlock access to the file system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Dominic Mueller-Wicke, Stefan Bender, Thomas Schreiber, Kai Boerner
  • Publication number: 20210049277
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting ransomware and repairing data following an attack. The method includes, collecting file statistics for files in a file system, identifying an affected file based on collected file statistics, locking down of access to the file system in response to identifying the affected file, undoing of reconcile processing, repairing the affected files, and unlocking access to the file system. The system includes a computer node, a file system, a plurality of disc storage components, a backup client, a backup client, and a hierarchical storage client. The hierarchical storage client is configured to collect file statistics for files in file system, identify affected files based on collected file statistics for the file, lock down of access to the file system in response to an identified affected file, undo reconcile processing, repair the affected file; and unlock access to the file system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Dominic Mueller-Wicke, Stefan Bender, Thomas Schreiber, Kai Boerner
  • Publication number: 20190213265
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for archiving files of a local file system of a client system in a remote storage system. The local file system and the remote storage system are communicatively coupled via a network. The method comprises executing an archive process on an archive computer system communicatively coupled to the network. The archiving is solely controlled by the archive process. The execution causes the archive computer system to receive a configuration comprising share metadata, descriptive of a file share in the local file system, and a network address of the client system; remotely access the local file system using the configuration; scan the files of the file share to identify candidate files for archiving; and archive the candidate files by copying the candidate files to the remote storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kai Boerner, Fabian Kuhl, Dominic Mueller-Wicke, Thomas Schreiber
  • Patent number: 9998249
    Abstract: A user equipment, UE (4), registered with an anchor cell base station (3-0) of an anchor cell (2-0) of a cellular wireless network (1), the UE (4) comprising a determination unit being adapted to predict an inter cell interference, ICI, at the UE (4), caused by base stations (3-1 to 3-6) of neighboring cells (2-1 to 2-6), depending on precoding matrix indicators, PMIs, of precoding matrices, PMs, the PMIs being exchanged between the anchor cell base station (3-0) of the anchor cell (2-0) and the base stations (3-1 to 3-6) of the neighboring cells (2-1 to 2-6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Lars Thiele, Kai Börner, Martin Kurras, Johannes Dommel, Michael Olbrich, Thomas Haustein, Malte Schellmann, Egon Schulz, Jiayin Zhang, Ni Ma
  • Patent number: 9900063
    Abstract: A base band unit, BBU, in a wireless cellular heterogeneous network, the BBU being provided in a transmission node cluster, TNC, of transmission nodes, TNs, of neighboring cells of the wireless cellular heterogeneous network, wherein the BBU comprises generic hierarchical precoding codebooks, CBs, each CB comprising cluster precoding matrices, CPMs, and each CPM is provided for a possible combination of active TNs within the TNC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Lars Thiele, Kai Börner, Martin Kurras, Thomas Wirth, Michael Olbrich, Thomas Haustein, Malte Schellmann, Egon Schulz, Jiayin Zhang, Yinggang Du
  • Publication number: 20150326296
    Abstract: A base band unit, BBU, in a wireless cellular heterogeneous network, the BBU being provided in a transmission node cluster, TNC, of transmission nodes, TNs, of neighbouring cells of the wireless cellular heterogeneous network, wherein the BBU comprises generic hierarchical precoding codebooks, CBs, each CB comprising cluster precoding matrices, CPMs, and each CPM is provided for a possible combination of active TNs within the TNC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Lars THIELE, Kai Börner, Martin KURRAS, Thomas WIRTH, Michael OLBRICH, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Malte SCHELLMANN, Egon SCHULZ, Jiayin ZHANG, Yinggang DU
  • Publication number: 20150311994
    Abstract: A user equipment, UE (4), registered with an anchor cell base station (3-0) of an anchor cell (2-0) of a cellular wireless network (1), the UE (4) comprising a determination unit being adapted to predict an inter cell interference, ICI, at the UE (4), caused by base stations (3-1 to 3-6) of neighbouring cells (2-1 to 2-6), depending on precoding matrix indicators, PMIs, of precoding matrices, PMs, the PMIs being exchanged between the anchor cell base station (3-0) of the anchor cell (2-0) and the base stations (3-1 to 3-6) of the neighbouring cells (2-1 to 2-6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Lars THIELE, Kai BÖRNER, Martin KURRAS, Johannes DOMMEL, Michael OLBRICH, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Malte SCHELLMANN, Egon SCHULZ, Jiayin ZHANG, Ni MA