Qnap Assigned Four Patents

Load ratio based scheduling method for multiple file transfer tasks and storage device
Qnap Systems, Inc., New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (11463506) developed by Huang, Xiao-Wei, Chen, Chia-Hao, and Lin, Chi-Lung, New Taipei, Taiwan, for “load ratio based scheduling method for multiple file transfer tasks and storage device using same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An online file transfer tasks scheduling method for processing multiple file path access requests in a network, the method including: sending at least one file path access request to a corresponding one of at least one file access service module, executing a processing procedure in each of the at least one file access service module to generate a task package according to each received file path access request, and using one or more task execution units to process one or more of the task packages, and using a task execution unit balance module to periodically evaluate a load ratio between a plurality of the file access service modules, and determining the number of the task execution units for each file access service module according to the load ratio.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-09-30 (17/039890).

Network system and conversion apparatus crossing different transmission protocols
Qnap Systems, Inc., New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (11457094) developed by Huang, Sin-Yao, and Peng, Po-Han, New Taipei, Taiwan, for “network system and conversion apparatus crossing different transmission protocols.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A network system crossing different transmission protocols includes a user device, a first conversion apparatus, a server device and a second conversion apparatus. Data transmission between the first conversion apparatus and the second conversion apparatus is performed in accordance with network addresses of the first conversion apparatus and the second conversion apparatus, and one of transmission control protocol (TCP) and multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) is selected for performing the data transmission. A user packet is transmitted between the first conversion apparatus and the user device in accordance with network addresses of the user device and the server device. A server packet is transmitted between the second conversion apparatus and the server device in accordance with the network addresses of the user device and server devices.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-12-28 (17/134905).

Network application program product and processing application layer protocol
Qnap Systems, Inc., New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (11438448) developed by Hsu, Chin-Hsing, New Taipei, Taiwan, for “network application program product and method for processing application layer protocol.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A network application program product and a method for processing an application layer protocol are provided. The network application program product includes a network application program executed in a user mode and a packet filtering module executed in a kernel mode. The network application program transmits connection information, associated with network connection to the network application program, to the packet filtering module. The packet filtering module captures a to-be-processed packet on the network connection according to the connection information, analyzes the to-be-processed packet into at least one protocol data unit, compares the protocol data unit with preset code content, and transmits the protocol data unit to the network application program or the data access module according to the comparison result for later processing.”

The patent application was filed on 2019-12-09 (16/707542).

Internal network monitoring system and method
Qnap Systems, Inc., New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (11425029) developed by Kung, Hua-Chung, and Huang, Shih-Chan, New Taipei, Taiwan, for “internal network monitoring system and method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In an internal network monitoring method for monitoring an internal network, a specified network packet, which is scheduled to be transmitted via a specified path, is inspected. A packet characteristic is extracted from a data link layer of the specified network packet. The specified network packet is directly transmitted via the specified path if the packet characteristic does not comply with a preset condition. The specified network packet is redirected to be transmitted via another path different from the specified path or mirroring the specified network packet to create a mirror packet if the packet characteristic complies with the preset condition.

The patent application was filed on 2020-07-02 (16/919132).