Patents by Inventor Mukund Satish Agrawal

Mukund Satish Agrawal 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 performing a file system operation on a specified storage tier
    Patent number: 8200719
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for performing a file system operation on a specified storage tier are disclosed. Input specifying a file system operation and a pathname may be received. The pathname may include a plurality of components, including one or more directory components and a storage tier component. The pathname may be analyzed to determine a directory specified by the one or more directory components and a storage tier specified by the storage tier component. The file system operation may be performed, where the file system operation operates on the first directory and the first storage tier. In a further embodiment, the components of the pathname may also include a filename component. Thus, the pathname may be further analyzed to determine a filename specified by the filename component. The file system operation may operate on the first filename, the first directory, and the first storage tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Mukund Satish Agrawal, Aalop Suresh Shah, Dilip Madhusudan Ranade
  • System and Method for Performing a File System Operation on a Specified Storage Tier
    Publication number: 20090070382
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for performing a file system operation on a specified storage tier are disclosed. Input specifying a file system operation and a pathname may be received. The pathname may include a plurality of components, including one or more directory components and a storage tier component. The pathname may be analyzed to determine a directory specified by the one or more directory components and a storage tier specified by the storage tier component. The file system operation may be performed, where the file system operation operates on the first directory and the first storage tier. In a further embodiment, the components of the pathname may also include a filename component. Thus, the pathname may be further analyzed to determine a filename specified by the filename component. The file system operation may operate on the first filename, the first directory, and the first storage tier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Mukund Satish Agrawal, Aalop Suresh Shah, Dilip Madhusudan Ranade