Patents by Inventor Victor Sheng-Jian Liang

Victor Sheng-Jian Liang 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).

  • Method for specifying a dynamic construct in a storage management system
    Patent number: 7349908
    Abstract: A dynamic construct is associated with one or more operational parameters of one or more components of a storage management system, wherein a pointer to the construct is retained in metadata for the storage management system, the values of the construct are stored in a first repository separate from a second repository normally used to store the metadata for the storage management system. The value of the construct in the first repository is allowed to change dynamically at any point of time without affecting the metadata in the second repository. Thereafter, the value of the construct in the first repository is retrieved and used as the operational parameter, instead of a static value in the metadata in the second repository. This provides a level of indirection that allows the construct to be applied dynamically in the storage management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sanjay Shyam, Victor Sheng-Jian Liang, Savur Anand Rao, Stephen Merritt Branch, Patricia Driscoll Choi, Mark Edward Thomen
  • Method for specifying a dynamic construct in a storage management system
    Publication number: 20030158849
    Abstract: A dynamic construct is associated with one or more operational parameters of one or more components of a storage management system, wherein a pointer to the construct is retained in metadata for the storage management system, the values of the construct are stored in a first repository separate from a second repository normally used to store the metadata for the storage management system. The value of the construct in the first repository is allowed to change dynamically at any point of time without affecting the metadata in the second repository. Thereafter, the value of the construct in the first repository is retrieved and used as the operational parameter, instead of a static value in the metadata in the second repository. This provides a level of indirection that allows the construct to be applied dynamically in the storage management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sanjay Shyam, Victor Sheng-Jian Liang, Savur Anand Rao, Stephen Merritt Branch, Patricia Driscoll Choi, Mark Edward Thomen