Microsoft Assigned Patent
Atomic multiple modification of data in distributed storage system
By Jean Jacques Maleval | September 7, 2012 at 2:54 pmMicrosoft Corp., Redmond, WA, has been Assigned a patent (8,255,373) developed by four co-inventors for an "atomic multiple modification of data in a distributed storage system."
The co-inventors are Samuel James McKelvie, Seattle, WA, Bradley Gene Calder, Bellevue, WA, Ju Wang, Redmond, WA, and Xinran Wu, Seattle, WA.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Atomic multiple modifications of streams is provided. Streams are selected for the application of an atomic multiple modification. A lock is acquired on the meta-data associated with the streams. Each stream is de-coupled from its name. Multiple modifications are applied to the selected streams. After performing the modifications, names are coupled to the streams. The lock on the meta-data associated with each stream is released."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2008 (12/258,025).
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