Patents by Inventor Nanyu Cao

Nanyu Cao 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).

  • Heterogeneous disk storage management technique
    Patent number: 7836101
    Abstract: Management of one or more storage devices is achieved by first identifying each device by its make and model, and then establishing a database containing information about that device, such as (a) operational rules, (b) commands and (c) processing routines. From the information obtained from the database, a Graphical User Interface is created for display to afford a user at least one menu option for selection. Upon selecting the one menu option, the user obtains at least one of (a) a display of information associated with the identified storage device, and (b) execution of at least one process to control, at least in part, the operation of the identified storage device. The user's selection is processed and the Graphical User Interface is automatically updated in response to the processing of the user's selected menu option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: David Aaron Crowther, Ravindra Kumar Rama Reddy, Andrew Eugene Adkins, Nanyu Cao
  • Heterogeneous disk storage management techique
    Publication number: 20050216481
    Abstract: Management of one or more storage devices is achieved by first identifying each device by its make and model, and then establishing a database containing information about that device, such as (a) operational rules, (b) commands and (c) processing routines. From the information obtained from the database, a Graphical User Interface is created for display to afford a user at least one menu option for selection. Upon selecting the one menu option, the user obtains at least one of (a) a display of information associated with the identified storage device, and (b) execution of at least one process to control, at least in part, the operation of the identified storage device. The user's selection is processed and the Graphical User Interface is automatically updated in response to the processing of the user's selected menu option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: David Crowther, Ravindra Rama Reddy, Andrew Adkins, Nanyu Cao