Patents by Inventor Yao-Ying Chu

Yao-Ying Chu 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).

  • Electronic apparatus and method for expanding storage capacity of electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 10178172
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for expanding a storage capacity of the electronic apparatus are provided. In the method, at least one storage equipment on a network is searched and logged in by using a network interface. A virtual disk is established and a volume of at least one disk in each storage equipment is attached to the virtual disk as a physical volume of the electronic apparatus. The physical volume is transformed into a logical volume and a file system of the logical volume is established for providing the electronic device to access the logical volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: QNAP SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Chen, Yao-Ying Chu
  • ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXPANDING STORAGE CAPACITY OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170257434
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for expanding a storage capacity of the electronic apparatus are provided. In the method, at least one storage equipment on a network is searched and logged in by using a network interface. A virtual disk is established and a volume of at least one disk in each storage equipment is attached to the virtual disk as a physical volume of the electronic apparatus. The physical volume is transformed into a logical volume and a file system of the logical volume is established for providing the electronic device to access the logical volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Chen, Yao-Ying Chu