Patents by Inventor Steven Y. Zhang

Steven Y. Zhang 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).

  • Distributed search framework with virtual indexing
    Patent number: 10929445
    Abstract: A distributed search framework with virtual indexing is disclosed. According to some embodiments, a virtual index that includes a first physical index is created, where the first physical index includes a first number of shards. A request to index a document is received. In response to the request, whether the first physical index has reached a capacity threshold is determined. In response to determining that the first physical index has reached the capacity threshold, a second physical index is automatically created and added to the virtual index, where the second physical index includes a second number of shards. The document is added into the second physical index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Steven Y. Zhang, Cherami Liu, Lihui Su, Frank Huang, Jing Yu, Jerry Jourdain
  • DISTRIBUTED SEARCH FRAMEWORK WITH VIRTUAL INDEXING
    Publication number: 20200042641
    Abstract: A distributed search framework with virtual indexing is disclosed. According to some embodiments, a virtual index that includes a first physical index is created, where the first physical index includes a first number of shards. A request to index a document is received. In response to the request, whether the first physical index has reached a capacity threshold is determined. In response to determining that the first physical index has reached the capacity threshold, a second physical index is automatically created and added to the virtual index, where the second physical index includes a second number of shards. The document is added into the second physical index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Y. Zhang, Cherami Liu, Lihui Su, Frank Huang, Jing Yu, Jerry Jourdain