Caringo Assigned Patent

Caringo, Inc., Austin, TX has been assigned a patent (9,148,174) developed by Baker, Don, Austin, TX, Carpentier, Paul R. M., Boechout, Belgium, Klager, Andrew, Pierce, Aaron, Ring, Jonathan, Turpin, Russell, and Yoakley, David, Austin, TX, for a “erasure coding and replication in storage clusters.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A cluster receives a request to store an object using replication or erasure coding. The cluster writes the object using erasure coding. A manifest is written that includes an indication of erasure coding and a unique identifier for each segment. The cluster returns a unique identifier of the manifest. The cluster receives a request from a client that includes a unique identifier. The cluster determines whether the object has been stored using replication or erasure coding. If using erasure coding, the method reads a manifest. The method identifies segments within the cluster using unique segment identifiers of the manifest. Using these unique segment identifiers, the method reconstructs the object. A persistent storage area of another disk is scanned to find a unique identifier of a failed disk. If using erasure coding, a missing segment previously stored on the disk is identified. The method locates other segments. Missing segments are regenerated.“

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2014 (14/320,494).