Patents by Inventor Zhe Yi Zhu

Zhe Yi Zhu 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).

  • Dynamic proximity based networked storage
    Patent number: 9712620
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of storing data in at least one mobile node according to mobile node location may include identifying a first qualified mobile node and determining a first geographic position of the first qualified mobile node. The method may include determining a user geographic position of a user device, determining whether the first geographic position is within a first proximity relative to the user device, and causing storage of a first data portion in the first qualified mobile node in response to determining that the first geographic position is within the first proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Fleming, Steven E. McNeal, Zhi Qiang Wei, Gregory C. Windsor, Jin Yu Xu, Zhe Yi Zhu
  • DYNAMIC PROXIMITY BASED NETWORKED STORAGE
    Publication number: 20160337452
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of storing data in at least one mobile node according to mobile node location may include identifying a first qualified mobile node and determining a first geographic position of the first qualified mobile node. The method may include determining a user geographic position of a user device, determining whether the first geographic position is within a first proximity relative to the user device, and causing storage of a first data portion in the first qualified mobile node in response to determining that the first geographic position is within the first proximity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Mark S. Fleming, Steven E. McNeal, Zhi Qiang Wei, Gregory C. Windsor, Jin Yu Xu, Zhe Yi Zhu
  • Dynamic proximity based networked storage
    Patent number: 9426221
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of storing data in at least one mobile node according to mobile node location may include identifying a first qualified mobile node and determining a first geographic position of the first qualified mobile node. The method may include determining a user geographic position of a user device, determining whether the first geographic position is within a first proximity relative to the user device, and causing storage of a first data portion in the first qualified mobile node in response to determining that the first geographic position is within the first proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Fleming, Steven E. McNeal, Zhi Qiang Wei, Gregory C. Windsor, Jin Yu Xu, Zhe Yi Zhu
  • DYNAMIC PROXIMITY BASED NETWORKED STORAGE
    Publication number: 20150373108
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of storing data in at least one mobile node according to mobile node location may include identifying a first qualified mobile node and determining a first geographic position of the first qualified mobile node. The method may include determining a user geographic position of a user device, determining whether the first geographic position is within a first proximity relative to the user device, and causing storage of a first data portion in the first qualified mobile node in response to determining that the first geographic position is within the first proximity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Mark S. Fleming, Steven E. McNeal, Zhi Qiang Wei, Gregory C. Windsor, Jin Yu Xu, Zhe Yi Zhu