Ciena Assigned Patent
Data synchronization in network using HA storage system
By Francis Pelletier | January 23, 2018 at 2:27 pmCiena Corporation, Hanover, MD, has been assigned a patent (9,860,314) developed by Kore, Mallikarjunappa, Htay, Aung, and Malli, Kumaresh, Alpharetta, GA, for a “data synchronization system and methods in a network using a highly-available key-value storage system.“
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data synchronization method, in a network element operating in a network, includes generating an event at the network element that needs to be synchronized with other devices in the network, based on assigned tokens for the network element, generating a row key for the event, and providing the row key to a Highly-Available, (HA) key-value storage system for synchronization therewith, wherein the HA key-value storage system includes a plurality of nodes including the network element and the other devices.”
The patent application was filed on August 19, 2014 (14/463,228).