Patents by Inventor Yi Ning Chu

Yi Ning 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).

  • Facilitating communication among storage controllers
    Patent number: 10884888
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for facilitating communication among storage controllers of a storage system. The method comprises detecting an event indicative of status change in a storage system having a plurality of storage controllers; determining that it is needed to communicate the event from a first storage controller to a second storage controller of the storage controllers; transmitting a message about the event from the first storage controller to a host in response to failure of a dedicated link between the first storage controller and the second storage controller; and forwarding the message from the host to the second storage controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Zou, Yi Ning Chu, Chuan Li
  • FACILITATING COMMUNICATION AMONG STORAGE CONTROLLERS
    Publication number: 20200233763
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for facilitating communication among storage controllers of a storage system. The method comprises detecting an event indicative of status change in a storage system having a plurality of storage controllers; determining that it is needed to communicate the event from a first storage controller to a second storage controller of the storage controllers; transmitting a message about the event from the first storage controller to a host in response to failure of a dedicated link between the first storage controller and the second storage controller; and forwarding the message from the host to the second storage controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Bo Zou, Yi Ning Chu, Chuan Li