Patents by Inventor Valerie Anita Aurora

Valerie Anita Aurora 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).

  • Mechanism for unioning file systems using fall-through directory entries
    Patent number: 8332441
    Abstract: A mechanism for unioning file systems using fall-through directory entries is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes receiving a request to open a directory of a union file system, processing directory entries of the directory for whiteouts and duplicates, copying the processed directory entries to disk storage, and flagging the copied entries from a lower level file system as fall-through entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventor: Valerie Anita Aurora
  • Mechanism for Unioning File Systems Using Fall-Through Directory Entries
    Publication number: 20110231370
    Abstract: A mechanism for unioning file systems using fall-through directory entries is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes receiving a request to open a directory of a union file system, processing directory entries of the directory for whiteouts and duplicates, copying the processed directory entries to disk storage, and flagging the copied entries from a lower level file system as fall-through entries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: Valerie Anita Aurora