Patents by Inventor Miao Cui

Miao Cui 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).

  • Publication number: 20250139108
    Abstract: This invention proposes novel prompt engineering strategies to ensure the accuracy of large language models in medical applications, effectively mitigating the risk of data hallucination. The methods include stepwise database search designs, reference-providing mechanisms to enhance operational transparency and facilitate manual verification, and the integration of multilingual support schemes. These innovative prompt engineering designs significantly improve the reliability, transparency, and clinical applicability of information generated by natural language models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Miao Cui
  • Publication number: 20250129897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rebound composite electromagnetic energy dissipation device for reducing sloshing with a liquid-filled ball for a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tank. When the liquid surface sloshes around, the gas spring is pulled by the steel strand to produce vertical displacement and provide a restoring force, and the vertical displacement of the gas spring drives the fan blades on the sleeves of the ball screws at the bottom to rotate in the damping fluid, consuming energy. The present invention uses hydraulic transmission instead of mechanical transmission of traditional piston motion, and the horizontal pistons produce horizontal displacement in the case of pressure unbalance, thus increasing the flexibility of horizontal piston motion; magnets are arranged in the horizontal slideways and the horizontal pistons to intensify the motion of the horizontal pistons and the relative motion between the horizontal pistons and the interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Yi ZHAO, KE YANG, Hongnan LI, Miao CUI
  • Publication number: 20250075862
    Abstract: A gear transmission and rotation amplification type device for reducing sloshing is arranged inside and located above a body of an LNG storage tank. The device includes a combination disc, a wheel set, an outer sleeve, an overhanging fan blade, ball screws, springs and a sloshing plate. The combination disc is connected with the sloshing plate below through the springs. The combination disc is fixed above an inner wall surface of the body of the LNG storage tank, while the sloshing plate is fitted but not fixedly connected with the inner wall surface of the body of the LNG storage tank. The wheel set, the outer sleeve, the overhanging fan blade and the ball screws are arranged between the combination disc and the sloshing plate and located below the liquid level in the LNG storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yi ZHAO, Ke YANG, Hongnan LI, Miao CUI, Linsheng HUO
  • Publication number: 20250055905
    Abstract: Systems for high-performance computing. A storage control architecture is implemented by a plurality of nodes, where a node comprises combinations of executable containers that execute in cooperation with virtual machines running above a hypervisor. The containers run in a virtual machine above a hypervisor, and/or can be integrated directly into the operating system of a host node. Sensitive information such as credit card information may be isolated from the containers in a separate virtual machine that is configured to be threat resistant, and which can be accessed through a threat resistant interface module. One of the virtual machines of the node may be a node-specific control virtual machine that is configured to operate as a dedicated storage controller for a node. One of the virtual machines of the node may be a node-specific container service machine that is configured to provide storage-related and other support to a hosted executable container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Binny Sher GILL, Karan GUPTA, Miao CUI
  • Patent number: 12164398
    Abstract: Examples of systems are described herein which may dynamically allocate compute resources to recovery clusters. Accordingly, a recovery site may utilize fewer compute resources in maintaining recovery clusters for multiple associate clusters, while ensuring that, during use, compute resources are allocated to a particular cluster. This may reduce and/or avoid vulnerabilities arising from a use of shared resources in a virtualized and/or cloud environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Binny Sher Gill, Jan Olderdissen, Rajiv Mirani, Miao Cui
  • Patent number: 12074937
    Abstract: Systems for high-performance computing. A storage control architecture is implemented by a plurality of nodes, where a node comprises combinations of executable containers that execute in cooperation with virtual machines running above a hypervisor. The containers run in a virtual machine above a hypervisor, and/or can be integrated directly into the operating system of a host node. Sensitive information such as credit card information may be isolated from the containers in a separate virtual machine that is configured to be threat resistant, and which can be accessed through a threat resistant interface module. One of the virtual machines of the node may be a node-specific control virtual machine that is configured to operate as a dedicated storage controller for a node. One of the virtual machines of the node may be a node-specific container service machine that is configured to provide storage-related and other support to a hosted executable container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Binny Sher Gill, Karan Gupta, Miao Cui
  • Publication number: 20230229575
    Abstract: Examples of systems are described herein which may dynamically allocate compute resources to recovery clusters. Accordingly, a recovery site may utilize fewer compute resources in maintaining recovery clusters for multiple associate clusters, while ensuring that, during use, compute resources are allocated to a particular cluster. This may reduce and/or avoid vulnerabilities arising from a use of shared resources in a virtualized and/or cloud environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Binny Sher Gill, Jan Olderdissen, Rajiv Mirani, Miao Cui
  • Patent number: 11579991
    Abstract: Examples of systems are described herein which may dynamically allocate compute resources to recovery clusters. Accordingly, a recovery site may utilize fewer compute resources in maintaining recovery clusters for multiple associate clusters, while ensuring that, during use, compute resources are allocated to a particular cluster. This may reduce and/or avoid vulnerabilities arising from a use of shared resources in a virtualized and/or cloud environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Binny Sher Gill, Jan Olderdissen, Rajiv Mirani, Miao Cui
  • Publication number: 20230012930
    Abstract: Systems for high-performance computing. A storage control architecture is implemented by a plurality of nodes, where a node comprises combinations of executable containers that execute in cooperation with virtual machines running above a hypervisor. The containers run in a virtual machine above a hypervisor, and/or can be integrated directly into the operating system of a host node. Sensitive information such as credit card information may be isolated from the containers in a separate virtual machine that is configured to be threat resistant, and which can be accessed through a threat resistant interface module. One of the virtual machines of the node may be a node-specific control virtual machine that is configured to operate as a dedicated storage controller for a node. One of the virtual machines of the node may be a node-specific container service machine that is configured to provide storage-related and other support to a hosted executable container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Binny Sher GILL, Karan GUPTA, Miao CUI
  • Patent number: 11368519
    Abstract: Systems for high-performance computing. A storage control architecture is implemented by a plurality of nodes, where a node comprises combinations of executable containers that execute in cooperation with virtual machines running above a hypervisor. The containers run in a virtual machine above a hypervisor, and/or can be integrated directly into the operating system of a host node. Sensitive information such as credit card information may be isolated from the containers in a separate virtual machine that is configured to be threat resistant, and which can be accessed through a threat resistant interface module. One of the virtual machines of the node may be a node-specific control virtual machine that is configured to operate as a dedicated storage controller for a node. One of the virtual machines of the node may be a node-specific container service machine that is configured to provide storage-related and other support to a hosted executable container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Binny Sher Gill, Karan Gupta, Miao Cui
  • Patent number: 11347558
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for computer cluster management. Multiple components are operatively interconnected to carry out operations for placing virtual machines onto a multi-tenant computing cluster, where the placement achieves adherence to a set of security requirements. Initially, data characterizing logical CPU resources of the multi-tenant computing cluster are gathered. Upon receipt of a request to place a virtual machine onto a node of the multi-tenant computing cluster, a set of security rules that are used to achieve the set of security requirements associated with the multi-tenant computing cluster are accessed. In accordance with the security rules the virtual machine is assigned to execute in a portion of the logical CPU resources. The virtual machine does not share logical CPU resources with any other tenant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Gordon Crossley, Miao Cui, Fabien Hermenier, Aditya Ramesh
  • Patent number: 11310286
    Abstract: A method for providing external access into a secured networked virtualization environment, includes performing a leadership election amongst nodes of the secured networked virtualization environment to elect a leader node, assigning a cluster virtual IP address to the leader node and generating a reverse tunnel, using a processor, by the leader node to allow for an external entity to communicate with the secured networked virtualization environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Miao Cui, Kshitiz Jain, Vineet Kahlon
  • Patent number: 11243707
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved approach to implement virtualization objects in a virtualization system. The virtualization object from a first namespace is cloned as a snapshot that is accessible within a second namespace. To implement this, the virtualization object can be mounted as a target (implemented as a snapshot) that is locally accessible to the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Miao Cui, Gregory Andrew Smith, Tabrez Memon
  • Patent number: 11169706
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rebalancing storage-oriented workloads across resources of a distributed data storage facility. Communications are initiated between a client computing device and a plurality of storage target devices of a distributed storage system. The distributed storage system comprises one or more computing nodes that can host virtualized controllers. A client computing device interfaced with the distributed storage system uses an IP address to access an initial virtualized controller. Upon detecting a change event, conditions of the computing environment are analyzed to determine rebalancing options. Analysis of the rebalancing options results in identification of an alternative virtualized controller. A redirect message that identifies the alternative virtualized controller is sent to the computing device. The client computing device connects to the alternative virtualized controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Tabrez Memon, Jaya Singhvi, Miao Cui, Binny Sher Gill
  • Publication number: 20210232469
    Abstract: Examples of systems are described herein which may dynamically allocate compute resources to recovery dusters. Accordingly, a recovery site may utilize fewer compute resources in maintaining recovery clusters for multiple associate clusters, while ensuring that, during use, compute resources are allocated to a particular cluster. This may reduce and/or avoid vulnerabilities arising from a use of shared resources in a virtualized and/or cloud environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: BINNY SHER GILL, JAN OLDERDISSEN, RAJIV MIRANI, MIAO CUI
  • Patent number: 11074120
    Abstract: A method and system for managing communication connections in a virtualization environment implemented by a cluster of host machines, each of the host machines comprises a hypervisor, at least one user virtual machine (UVM), a connection manager, and an I/O controller. The system includes a virtual disk accessible by all of the I/O controllers and comprising a plurality of storage devices. The system includes a first host machine of the host machines designated as a leader node, wherein the leader node configured to confirm a second one of the host machines is unreachable; and transmit, in response to the confirmation, an update message to other host machines in the cluster. The update message identifies the unreachable host machine and causes the other host machines to block messages from the unreachable host machine and send an acknowledgement of the update message back to the leader node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Smith, Igor Grobman, Miao Cui
  • Patent number: 11070628
    Abstract: Systems and methods for storage resource and computation resource expansion. A method embodiment includes migrating a computing task from an external computing environment to a different computing/storage environment. The method commences by identifying a storage system having virtualized controllers and by identifying a computing device that performs a workload that interfaces with the storage system. The virtualized controllers execute in the second computing environment to manage access to storage target devices by accessing a storage target device identified by an IP address. A particular virtualized controller that is connected to the storage target device is selected and configured to process storage I/O from a migrated workload. A user virtual machine or user executable container is configured to execute the workload on one of the nodes in the computing and storage system within the second computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Tabrez Memon, Jaya Singhvi, Miao Cui, Binny Sher Gill
  • Patent number: 11068315
    Abstract: Communication between VMs running in a clustered virtualization environment and a distributed storage system is managed. The distributed storage system consists of multiple storage/compute nodes. A hypervisor communicates with a controller in a local node on behalf of a VM. The controller will redirect a connection to a second controller on different node. The controller to which the connection is redirected is selected so as to distribute the load evenly across the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya Ramesh, Ashwin Thennaram Vakkayil, Felipe Franciosi, Kamalneet Singh, Manosiz Bhattacharyya, Miao Cui, Tabrez Parvez Memon
  • Publication number: 20210173710
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for computer cluster management. Multiple components are operatively interconnected to carry out operations for placing virtual machines onto a multi-tenant computing cluster, where the placement achieves adherence to a set of security requirements. Initially, data characterizing logical CPU resources of the multi-tenant computing cluster are gathered. Upon receipt of a request to place a virtual machine onto a node of the multi-tenant computing cluster, a set of security rules that are used to achieve the set of security requirements associated with the multi-tenant computing cluster are accessed. In accordance with the security rules the virtual machine is assigned to execute in a portion of the logical CPU resources. The virtual machine does not share logical CPU resources with any other tenant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Gordon CROSSLEY, Miao CUI, Fabien HERMENIER, Aditya RAMESH
  • Patent number: 11005896
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating communication between one or more of a plurality of user virtual machines and external devices is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of uplink bridges configured to facilitate communication between the plurality of user virtual machines and the external devices, a plurality of local bridges, with each of the plurality of user virtual machines being connected to one or more of the plurality of local bridges, and a first multiplexing bridge connected to the plurality of local bridges. The first multiplexing bridge is configured to direct data between the plurality of user virtual machines and the plurality of uplink bridges. The system also includes a second multiplexing bridge connected to the first multiplexing bridge and the plurality of uplink bridges. The second multiplexing bridge is configured to direct the data between the first multiplexing bridge and the plurality of uplink bridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Uzui Li, Miao Cui, Gregory A. Smith, Arunkumar Navasivasakthivelsamy