Patents by Inventor Patrick Nta

Patrick Nta 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).

  • Method and apparatus for achieving data security in a distributed cloud computing environment
    Patent number: 9137304
    Abstract: A distributed cloud storage system includes a cloud storage broker logically residing between a client platform and a plurality of remote cloud storage platforms. The cloud storage broker mediates execution of a cloud storage process that involves dividing a data item into multiple portions and allocating the portions to multiple selected cloud storage platforms according to first and second rules defining a key known only to the cloud storage broker or to the client. At some later time when it is desired to retrieve the data item, the key is retrieved from storage and the rules are executed in a reverse fashion to retrieve and reassemble the data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Hanan M. Novotny, Kenneth E. DePaul, Anish Sankalia, Patrick Nta, Renaud Larsen
  • Method And Apparatus For Achieving Data Security In A Distributed Cloud Computing Environment
    Publication number: 20120303736
    Abstract: A distributed cloud storage system includes a cloud storage broker logically residing between a client platform and a plurality of remote cloud storage platforms. The cloud storage broker mediates execution of a cloud storage process that involves dividing a data item into multiple portions and allocating the portions to multiple selected cloud storage platforms according to first and second rules defining a key known only to the cloud storage broker or to the client. At some later time when it is desired to retrieve the data item, the key is retrieved from storage and the rules are executed in a reverse fashion to retrieve and reassemble the data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Hanan M. Novotny, Kenneth E. DePaul, Anish Sankalia, Patrick Nta, Renaud Larsen