Patents by Inventor Ted Huaqi Chen

Ted Huaqi Chen 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).

  • Patent number: 10791032
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for determining a physical position of a device. The method comprises: transmitting a control command to the device, the command instructing the device to change power loading of the device in a predetermined pattern; receiving, from a power distribution unit providing power supply for the device, a network address of the power distribution unit, the network address being transmitted by the power distribution unit in response to detecting the change of the power loading in the predetermined pattern; and determining the physical position of the device based at least on the network address of the power distribution unit. With the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the position of the device can be automatically determined without any manual intervention, which helps to control the operation cost and improve the maintenance efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Haifang Zhai, Jing Chen, Peter Yuanhang Pan, Ted Huaqi Chen, Sandburg Hao Hu
  • Patent number: 10205789
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for determining a physical location of a device by obtaining a first address of a device; and determining, based on a first mapping between the first address of the device and a location identifier of a physical location, the physical location of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Peter Yuanhang Pan, Ted Huaqi Chen, Haifang Zhai
  • Publication number: 20170085432
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for determining a physical position of a device. The method comprises: transmitting a control command to the device, the command instructing the device to change power loading of the device in a predetermined pattern; receiving, from a power distribution unit providing power supply for the device, a network address of the power distribution unit, the network address being transmitted by the power distribution unit in response to detecting the change of the power loading in the predetermined pattern; and determining the physical position of the device based at least on the network address of the power distribution unit. With the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the position of the device can be automatically determined without any manual intervention, which helps to control the operation cost and improve the maintenance efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Haifang Zhai, Jing Chen, Peter Yuanhang Pan, Ted Huaqi Chen, Sandburg Hao Hu
  • Publication number: 20160381155
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for determining a physical location of a device by obtaining a first address of a device; and determining, based on a first mapping between the first address of the device and a location identifier of a physical location, the physical location of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Yuanhang Pan, Ted Huaqi Chen, Haifang Zhai
  • Publication number: 20160110290
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data cache and a system, a computer program product and a method for data caching, wherein a data cache includes: at least one memory bank adapted for enabling high-speed data access; and at least one converter configured to receive a first instruction for a data access operation, and convert the first instruction to a second instruction compatible with the at least one memory bank so as to perform the data access operation, the first instruction being transmitted from a high-speed bus interface of a host device to the data cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ted Huaqi Chen, Tao Zheng