HPE Assigned Ten Patents

Tape cartridge partial initialization
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (10,170,152) developed by Hoerger, Carl R., Boise, ID, for a “tape cartridge partial initialization“.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”An example tape storage drive may include reading/writing circuitry and control circuitry. The reading/writing circuitry may be to read from and write to tape media of tape cartridges. The processing circuitry may be to, in response to a tape cartridge being loaded into the tape storage drive, validate initialization of the tape cartridge. The processing circuitry may be to, in validating initialization of the tape cartridge, determine whether a tape format portion of a cartridge memory of the tape cartridge contains tape format data and whether the tape format portion is write-locked. If the tape format portion contains tape format data and is not write-locked, then the processing circuitry may fully initialize the tape cartridge including selecting a tape format for the tape cartridge and updating the tape format data to specify the selected tape format, write-lock the tape format portion, and then deem initialization of the tape cartridge to be complete”.

The patent application was filed on March 23, 2018 (15/934,300).

Multiple deduplication domains in network storage
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (10,169,365) developed by Maheshwari, Umesh, San Jose, CA, for a “multiple deduplication domains in network storage system“.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for deduplicating data in a storage device. One method includes an operation for identifying multiple deduplication domains for a storage system. A fingerprint index is created for each deduplication domain, where each data block stored in the storage system is associated with one of the plurality of deduplication domains. The method also includes operations for receiving a first data block the storage system, and for identifying a first deduplication domain from the plurality at of deduplication domains corresponding to the first data block. The first data block is deduplicated within the first deduplication domain utilizing a first fingerprint index associated with the first deduplication domain”.

The patent application was filed on March 2, 2016 (15/059,160).

Authorizing a bios policy change for storage
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (10,169,052) developed by Jeansonne, Jeffrey Kevin, Ali, Valiuddin, Wang, Lan, Anbazhagan, Baraneedharan, and Gibbons, Patrick L, Houston, TX, for an “authorizing a bios policy change for storage“.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Examples herein disclose receiving a basic input output system, (BIOS) policy change and authorizing the BIOS policy change. Upon the authorization of the BIOS policy change, a first copy of the BIOS policy is stored in a first memory accessible by a central processing unit. Additionally, a second copy of the BIOS policy change is transmitted for storage in a second memory electrically isolated from the central processing unit”.

The patent application was filed on July 22, 2014 (15/309,486).

Storage space allocation
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (10,168,937) developed by Wang, Jin, Cupertino, CA, Tamma, Roopesh Kumar, Fremont, CA, Nazari, Siamak, Mountain View, CA, and Murthy, Srinivasa D, Cupertino, CA, for a “storage space allocation“.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Example implementations relate to storage space allocation. For example, an implementation includes an apparatus including a controller. The controller is to receive an allocation request from a host computing device. The controller is also to reserve a portion of storage space in the storage device via a reservation table based on the allocation request. The controller is further to determine a type of the allocation request. The type of the allocation request includes a space-optimized allocation request and a non-space-optimized allocation request. When the type of the allocation request corresponds to the non-space-optimized allocation request, the controller is to commit the portion of storage space via an allocation table. When the type of the allocation request corresponds to the space-optimized allocation request, the controller is to release the portion of storage space via the reservation table”.

The patent application was filed on September 25, 2014 (15/513,081).

Hibernation based on page source
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (10,162,760) developed by Atkinson, Lee Warren, Taipei, Taiwan, for a “hibernation based on page source“.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”In some examples, a computing device includes a non-volatile memory, a volatile memory to store a page that is also stored in the non-volatile memory. As part of a hibernation process of the computing device, it is determined whether the page is sourced from a first type of non-volatile memory or a second type of non-volatile memory different from the first type of non-volatile memory. In response to determining that the page is sourced from the first type of non-volatile memory, cause storage of the page to the non-volatile memory, and in response to determining that the page is sourced from the second type of non-volatile memory, decline to store the page to the non-volatile memory”.

The patent application was filed on October 11, 2016 (15/290,261).

Replicating data using dual-port non-volatile dual in-line memory modules
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (10,157,017) developed by Riley, Dwight D., Foster, Joseph E., Houston, TX, and Fevrier, Thierry, Gold River, CA, for a “replicating data using dual-port non-volatile dual in-line memory modules“.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”According to an example, data may be replicated using a dual-port nonvolatile dual in-line memory module, (NVDIMM). A processor may request, through a first port of the dual-port NVDIMM, to store data to universal memory of the dual-port NVDIMM and to commit the data to remote storage according to a high-availability storage capability of the dual-port NVDIMM. The process may then receive a notification from the dual-port NVDIMM that the data has been transparently committed to the remote storage through a second port of the dual-port NVDIMM”.

The patent application was filed on April 30, 2015 (15/500,072).

Atomically committing write requests
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (10,152,247) developed by Li, Sheng, Palo Alto, CA, Zhao, Jishen, San Jose, CA, Chang, Jichuan, Sunnyvale, CA, Ranganathan, Parthasarathy, San Jose, CA, Veitch, Alistair, Mountain View, CA, Lim, Kevin T., La Honda, CA, and Lillibridge, Mark, Mountain View, CA, for an “atomically committing write requests“.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A technique includes acquiring a plurality of write requests from at least one memory controller and logging information associated with the plurality of write requests in persistent storage. The technique includes applying the plurality of write requests atomically as a group to persistent storage”.

The patent application was filed on January 23, 2014 (15/113,824).

Indicating rebuild state of storage devices
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (10,146,623) developed by Alcorn, Byron A., Fort Collins, CO, Trevino, Bruce, Spring, TX, and Wiginton, Scotty M., Tomball, TX, for an “indicating rebuild state of storage devices“.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Example implementations relate to obtaining information about and indicating a state of a storage device. In example implementations, an indication that a storage device is rebuilding address mappings may be received, and how much progress has been made in the rebuilding may be determined. A representation of the progress made in the rebuilding may be displayed”.

The patent application was filed on November 18, 2013 (15/035,483).

Storage system transactions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (10,140,194) developed by Doherty, Mark, Belfast, Great Britain, Nazari, Siamak, Fremont, CA, Stewart, Jonathan, Dalzell, Richard, Belfast, Great Britain, and Hynes, Peter, Dundrum, Great Britain, for a “storage system transactions“.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system that includes a storage volume comprising a plurality of regions. The system also includes a plurality of nodes to receive transactions related to the storage volume from one or more client computers and execute the transactions. Each node is designated as an owner of one region of the plurality of regions. Each one of the plurality of nodes includes a ticket dispenser for dispensing tickets that ensure that the transactions that are actively being executed have exclusive access to a storage object identified in the transaction”.

The patent application was filed on March 20, 2014 (15/114,900).

Separating storage transaction logs
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (10,140,174) developed by Nazari, Siamak, Wang, Jin, Murthy, Srinivasa D, and Ma, Ming, Fremont, CA, for a “separating storage transaction logs“.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Disclosed herein are a system, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and method for maintaining storage unit transaction logs. Storage unit transaction logs received from controllers are separated”.

The patent application was filed on August 29, 2013 (14/914,713).