Patents by Inventor Soumya D. PANI

Soumya D. PANI 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).

  • Reliable datacenter protection at scale
    Patent number: 11361086
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for activating data encryption at rest in a storage device server in a cloud storage. In particular, an encryption orchestrator orchestrates activation processes through encryption controllers that controls policies and privileges to access data in storage device servers. To reduce a risk of a data loss and time loss in activations, the encryption controller pre-checks a storage device server for anomalies in configurations in network connectivity, encryption keys, and security certificates before starting the activation. Furthermore, the encryption controller performs a health-check of the storage device servers to detect anomalies that require restarting the storage device servers. The health-check reduces a risk of data loss when the storage device servers become unable restart itself. User interface tools may be provided to visually identify and manage encryption statuses and policies of the encryption controllers, the storage device servers, and data storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Piyush Joshi, Akil M. Merchant, Octavian T. Ureche, Jack Smith Richins, Soumya D. Pani, Asad Yaqoob, Salil Bhagurkar, Preston Derek Adam, Dayi Zhou
  • RELIABLE DATACENTER PROTECTION AT SCALE
    Publication number: 20210200881
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for activating data encryption at rest in a storage device server in a cloud storage. In particular, an encryption orchestrator orchestrates activation processes through encryption controllers that controls policies and privileges to access data in storage device servers. To reduce a risk of a data loss and time loss in activations, the encryption controller pre-checks a storage device server for anomalies in configurations in network connectivity, encryption keys, and security certificates before starting the activation. Furthermore, the encryption controller performs a health-check of the storage device servers to detect anomalies that require restarting the storage device servers. The health-check reduces a risk of data loss when the storage device servers become unable restart itself. User interface tools may be provided to visually identify and manage encryption statuses and policies of the encryption controllers, the storage device servers, and data storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Piyush JOSHI, Akil M. MERCHANT, Octavian T. URECHE, Jack Smith RICHINS, Soumya D. PANI, Asad YAQOOB, Salil BHAGURKAR, Preston Derek ADAM, Dayi ZHOU