Patents by Inventor Stephen Winslow Schmitt

Stephen Winslow Schmitt 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).

  • LOCK RESERVATIONS FOR SHARED STORAGE
    Publication number: 20250085897
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for lock reservations for shared storage. A reserve command to reserve a storage structure is received by a driver from a node. The reserve command is formatted according to a storage protocol. The driver translates the reserve command into a lease acquire command formatted according to an object store protocol and targeting an object stored within an object store and corresponding to the storage structure. A lease identifier derived from a node identifier of the node is inserted into the lease acquire command. The lease acquire command is routed to the object store for obtaining a lease on the object for granting the node exclusive write access to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Stephen Winslow Schmitt
  • Lock reservations for shared storage
    Patent number: 12204797
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for lock reservations for shared storage. A reserve command to reserve a storage structure is received by a driver from a node. The reserve command is formatted according to a storage protocol. The driver translates the reserve command into a lease acquire command formatted according to an object store protocol and targeting an object stored within an object store and corresponding to the storage structure. A lease identifier derived from a node identifier of the node is inserted into the lease acquire command. The lease acquire command is routed to the object store for obtaining a lease on the object for granting the node exclusive write access to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Stephen Winslow Schmitt
  • LOCK RESERVATIONS FOR SHARED STORAGE
    Publication number: 20250004665
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for lock reservations for shared storage. A reserve command to reserve a storage structure is received by a driver from a node. The reserve command is formatted according to a storage protocol. The driver translates the reserve command into a lease acquire command formatted according to an object store protocol and targeting an object stored within an object store and corresponding to the storage structure. A lease identifier derived from a node identifier of the node is inserted into the lease acquire command. The lease acquire command is routed to the object store for obtaining a lease on the object for granting the node exclusive write access to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Stephen Winslow Schmitt
  • Lock reservations for shared storage
    Patent number: 11811674
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for lock reservations for shared storage. A reserve command to reserve a storage structure is received by a driver from a node. The reserve command is formatted according to a storage protocol. The driver translates the reserve command into a lease acquire command formatted according to an object store protocol and targeting an object stored within an object store and corresponding to the storage structure. A lease identifier derived from a node identifier of the node is inserted into the lease acquire command. The lease acquire command is routed to the object store for obtaining a lease on the object for granting the node exclusive write access to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Stephen Winslow Schmitt, Rajesh Rajaraman
  • LOCK RESERVATIONS FOR SHARED STORAGE
    Publication number: 20200125537
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for lock reservations for shared storage. A reserve command to reserve a storage structure is received by a driver from a node. The reserve command is formatted according to a storage protocol. The driver translates the reserve command into a lease acquire command formatted according to an object store protocol and targeting an object stored within an object store and corresponding to the storage structure. A lease identifier derived from a node identifier of the node is inserted into the lease acquire command. The lease acquire command is routed to the object store for obtaining a lease on the object for granting the node exclusive write access to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Busick, Stephen Winslow Schmitt