Patents by Inventor Stan Li

Stan Li 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).

  • Efficiently managing movement of large amounts object data in a storage hierarchy
    Patent number: 10740004
    Abstract: A computer program product is provided for efficiently managing storage in a multi-tiered storage system. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to receive a command from an application, where the command is directed to at least one object. The program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine storage for the at least one object in a multi-tiered storage system based on the command, and store the at least one object in accordance with the determined storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert B. Basham, Joseph W. Dain, Evangelos S. Eleftheriou, Dean Hildebrand, Stan Li, Edward H. W. Lin, Harold J. Roberson, II, Slavisa Sarafijanovic, Thomas D. Weigold
  • EFFICIENTLY MANAGING MOVEMENT OF LARGE AMOUNTS OBJECT DATA IN A STORAGE HIERARCHY
    Publication number: 20170010826
    Abstract: A computer program product is provided for efficiently managing storage in a multi-tiered storage system. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to receive a command from an application, where the command is directed to at least one object. The program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine storage for the at least one object in a multi-tiered storage system based on the command, and store the at least one object in accordance with the determined storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Robert B. Basham, Joseph W. Dain, Evangelos S. Eleftheriou, Dean Hildebrand, Stan Li, Edward H.W. Lin, Harold J. Roberson, II, Slavisa Sarafijanovic, Thomas D. Weigold