Patents by Inventor Ravi BASRANI

Ravi BASRANI 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).

  • Persistent indexing and free space management for flat directory
    Patent number: 11630803
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, computing devices and systems for persistent indexing and space management for flat directory include creating, using at least one of said at least one processors, an index file to store mapping information, computing, using at least one of said at least one processor, a hash based on a lookup filename, searching, using at least one of said at least one processor, the index file to find all matching directory cookies based on the computed hash, selecting, using at least one of said at least one processor, the directory entity associated with the lookup filename from among the matched directory cookies, and returning, using at least one of said at least one processor, the determined directory entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventor: Ravi Basrani
  • PERSISTENT INDEXING AND FREE SPACE MANAGEMENT FOR FLAT DIRECTORY
    Publication number: 20200320037
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, computing devices and systems for persistent indexing and space management for flat directory include creating, using at least one of said at least one processors, an index file to store mapping information, computing, using at least one of said at least one processor, a hash based on a lookup filename, searching, using at least one of said at least one processor, the index file to find all matching directory cookies based on the computed hash, selecting, using at least one of said at least one processor, the directory entity associated with the lookup filename from among the matched directory cookies, and returning, using at least one of said at least one processor, the determined directory entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventor: Ravi Basrani
  • Persistent indexing and free space management for flat directory
    Patent number: 10733144
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, computing devices and systems for persistent indexing and space management for flat directory include creating, using at least one of said at least one processors, an index file to store mapping information, computing, using at least one of said at least one processor, a hash based on a lookup filename, searching, using at least one of said at least one processor, the index file to find all matching directory cookies based on the computed hash, selecting, using at least one of said at least one processor, the directory entity associated with the lookup filename from among the matched directory cookies, and returning, using at least one of said at least one processor, the determined directory entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventor: Ravi Basrani
  • PERSISTENT INDEXING AND FREE SPACE MANAGEMENT FOR FLAT DIRECTORY
    Publication number: 20180018342
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, computing devices and systems for persistent indexing and space management for flat directory include creating, using at least one of said at least one processors, an index file to store mapping information, computing, using at least one of said at least one processor, a hash based on a lookup filename, searching, using at least one of said at least one processor, the index file to find all matching directory cookies based on the computed hash, selecting, using at least one of said at least one processor, the directory entity associated with the lookup filename from among the matched directory cookies, and returning, using at least one of said at least one processor, the determined directory entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventor: Ravi BASRANI