AccelStor Assigned Two Patents

Data storage system having data locking and unlocking functions
AccelStor Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (10,318,488) developed by Lee, Yu-Ching, Lai, Kun-Cheng, Chiou, Hann-Huei, and Tsai, Pan-Lung, Taipei, Taiwan, for a “data storage system having data locking and unlocking functions.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data storage system having data locking and unlocking functions and a method therefor are provided. The data locking and unlocking method includes: when a used capacity of a storage device is equal to or greater than a first threshold, locking a plurality of folders of the foregoing storage device, preventing the folders from being unlocked when the used capacity is greater than or equal to a second threshold, unlocking the locked folders according to a first unlock signal when the used capacity is less than the first threshold, and unlocking the locked folders according to a second unlock signal when the used capacity is between the first threshold and the second threshold. The foregoing second threshold is greater than the first threshold.”

The patent application was filed on January 10, 2017 (15/402,291).

Data compression based on sampling and estimation
AccelStor Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (10,298,258) developed by Tsao, Shih-Chiang, Chien, Ting-Fang, and Cheng, Yu-Chia, Taipei, Taiwan, for a “data compression method based on sampling and estimation.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data compression method based on sampling and estimation is provided. The method includes: receiving a piece of data; extracting N data regions from M data regions of the piece of data; examining a data redundancy ratio in the N data regions; and determining, according to a value of the data redundancy ratio, whether to compress the piece of data.”

The patent application was filed on September 20, 2018 (16/136,771).