Patents by Inventor Yan Liang Qiao

Yan Liang Qiao 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: 11645233
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for file management in a distributed file cache system. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed. According to the method, responsive to determining that at least one client node is obtaining a file of a first version stored at a storage node, one or more processors generate contact information indicating that the file of the first version is accessible from the storage node and the at least one client node and recorded the contact information into a distributed hash table. The storage node and the at least one client node are included in a plurality of nodes associated with the distributed hash table. Further, one or more processors generate first version information indicating that the file is of the first version and record the first version information into a blockchain associated with the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng Yong Zhao, Jia Min Li, Zhong Shi Lu, Ze Rui Yuan, Yan Liang Qiao
  • Publication number: 20210026808
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for file management in a distributed file cache system. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed. According to the method, responsive to determining that at least one client node is obtaining a file of a first version stored at a storage node, one or more processors generate contact information indicating that the file of the first version is accessible from the storage node and the at least one client node and recorded the contact information into a distributed hash table. The storage node and the at least one client node are included in a plurality of nodes associated with the distributed hash table. Further, one or more processors generate first version information indicating that the file is of the first version and record the first version information into a blockchain associated with the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Cheng Yong Zhao, Jia Min Li, Zhong Shi Lu, Ze Rui Yuan, Yan Liang Qiao