Patents by Inventor Tau Leng

Tau Leng 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).

  • System and method for state preservation in a stretch cluster
    Patent number: 7254740
    Abstract: A system and method for preserving the data content of a network having a cluster is provided in which each of the network interface controllers of the servers of the cluster includes a copy of a set of data. Each of the network interface controllers includes a local power source, local memory, and an operating system, allowing the network interface controllers to remain in communication despite a failure to one or both of the associated servers. The data may be operational data that is critical to the operation of the cluster system. Alterations to the set of data can only be made by a write operation that is logically atomic or indivisible. Incomplete write operations are discarded unless a successful write operation is performed to both servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Victor V. Mashayekhi, Tau Leng
  • System and method for state preservation in a stretch cluster
    Publication number: 20050240564
    Abstract: A system and method for preserving the data content of a network having a cluster is provided in which each of the network interface controllers of the servers of the cluster includes a copy of a set of data. Each of the network interface controllers includes a local power source, local memory, and an operating system, allowing the network interface controllers to remain in communication despite a failure to one or both of the associated servers. The data may be operational data that is critical to the operation of the cluster system. Alterations to the set of data can only be made by a write operation that is logically atomic or indivisible. Incomplete write operations are discarded unless a successful write operation is performed to both servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Victor Mashayekhi, Tau Leng
  • System and method for state preservation in a stretch cluster
    Patent number: 6910150
    Abstract: A system and method for preserving the data content of a network having a cluster is provided in which each of the network interface controllers of the servers of the cluster includes a copy of a set of data. Each of the network interface controllers includes a local power source, local memory, and an operating system, allowing the network interface controllers to remain in communication despite a failure to one or both of the associated servers. The data may be operational data that is critical to the operation of the cluster system. Alterations to the set of data can only be made by a write operation that is logically atomic or indivisible. Incomplete write operations are discarded unless a successful write operation is performed to both servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Victor V. Mashayekhi, Tau Leng
  • System and method for state preservation in a stretch cluster
    Publication number: 20030074596
    Abstract: A system and method for preserving the data content of a network having a cluster is provided in which each of the network interface controllers of the servers of the cluster includes a copy of a set of data. Each of the network interface controllers includes a local power source, local memory, and an operating system, allowing the network interface controllers to remain in communication despite a failure to one or both of the associated servers. The data may be operational data that is critical to the operation of the cluster system. Alterations to the set of data can only be made by a write operation that is logically atomic or indivisible. Incomplete write operations are discarded unless a successful write operation is performed to both servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Victor V. Mashayekhi, Tau Leng
  • CABLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20020092670
    Abstract: A cable identification system and method according to which one or more rings, having identifying indicia thereon, extend around the cable, and a cover extends around the ring and has a window formed therein, so that rotation of the ring relative to the cover exposes the identifying indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Yung-Chin Fang, Tau Leng, Jenwei Hsieh
  • Cable identification system and method
    Patent number: 6420657
    Abstract: A cable identification system and method according to which one or more rings, having identifying indicia thereon, extend around the cable, and a cover extends around the ring and has a window formed therein, so that rotation of the ring relative to the cover exposes the identifying indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yung-Chin Fang, Tau Leng, Jenwei Hsieh