Kyndryl Assigned Twelve Patents

Mechanism to enable secure memory sharing between enclaves and I/O adapters
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11755753) developed by Leitao, Breno H., Araraquara, Brazil, Martins Rodrigues, Mauro Sergio, Campinas, Brazil, Battaiola Kreling, Daniel, and Camarda Silva Folco, Rafael, Santa Barbara D’Oeste, Brazil, for a “mechanism to enable secure memory sharing between enclaves and I/O adapters.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Secure memory sharing between enclaves (virtual machines) and virtual input/output adapters includes, in response to a request for an enclave to create a virtual input/output adapter, creating a virtual input/output adapter associated with the enclave, creating a non-sharable micro-enclave, to contain only data, nested within the enclave to use with the virtual input/output adapter, generating a key by a memory encryption engine of an ultravisor for the virtual input/output adapter for use by only the virtual input/output adapter, in response to a request to obtain data from the enclave by the virtual input/output adapter, exchanging the key with the non-sharable micro-enclave, in response to receiving the key, decrypting memory of only the non-sharable micro-enclave associated with the virtual input/output adapter to obtain the data, and sending the data from the non-sharable micro-enclave nested within the enclave to the virtual input/output adapter.”

The patent application was filed on 2018-06-13 (16/007665).

Adaptive snapshot controller
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11741076) developed by Venkateswaran; Sreekrishnan, Bangalore, India, and Gupta; Manish, New Delhi, India, for an “adaptive snapshot controller.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method and related apparatus adaptively control snapshot replication of a plurality of server snapshots in a multi-tenant public cloud using snapshot service. A plurality of snapshot requests are received from a plurality of clients in the multi-tenant public cloud and are each associated with a service level agreement (SLA). The SLA includes a corresponding completion deadline and a slippage penalty. A probabilistic model calculates, for active snapshot flows, a completion time for each of the snapshot requests. If any of the predicted completion times exceed their corresponding completion deadlines, a possible MISS event is produced for an associated first snapshot. The snapshot controller component, in response to producing the possible MISS event, minimizes a probability of breaching fulfillment times for the multi-tenant cloud. The slippage penalty is calculated for each of the plurality of snapshot requests. A second snapshot is identified from among the plurality of snapshot requests.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-03-22 (17/208015).

Data backup optimization
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11687416) developed by Kumble; Ramesh, Ashburn, VA, Belsare; Pramod, and Lodam; Satish, Pune, India, for a “data backup optimization.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “At least one data file for backup can be received. The data file can be divided into a plurality of data blocks. A first portion of the plurality of data blocks can be allocated to a first data processing system for backup by the first data processing system. A second portion of the plurality of data blocks can be allocated to a second data processing system for backup by the second data processing system.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-09-27 (17/486885).

Security screening of USB device
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11681798) developed by Bravo; Cesar Augusto Rodriguez, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Childress; Rhonda L., Austin, TX

and Trim; Craig M., Ventura, CA, for a “security screening of a universal serial bus device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Universal serial bus (USB) devices are evaluated for access according to characteristics including descriptors and ROM information. Descriptors are cross-references to historic descriptors known to be associated with malicious or approved USB devices. ROM information is analyzed to determine congruity of data. Device drivers and configuration files on the USB device are reviewed for indicators of compromise or threat and assigned a corresponding security score. Security actions are taken according to a security score assigned according to matching descriptors and analyzed ROM information.”

The patent application was filed on 2019-10-31 (16/669581).

Secure resource access by amalgamated identities and distributed ledger
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11665159) developed by Rao; Suryanarayana, Dutta; Shiben, Vincen C; Clinton, and Lalwani; Vikas, Bangalore, India, for a “secure resource access by amalgamated identities and distributed ledger.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A server receives encrypted data from a protected-resource-requesting device that includes an encrypted combination of the device and user identification. The first server requests a most recent copy of data of a distributed ledger from a randomly selected logged-in workstation. The first server searches for a match of the encrypted data from the first device in the distributed ledger data received from the randomly selected workstation. In response to determining a match, the first server updates a table of a second server with a one-time-password (OTP) and a copy of the encrypted data received from the device. The first server sends the OTP and an instruction to the device to send the OTP and the encrypted data to the second server, which determines whether a match exists. In response to a confirmed match, the first server grants access to the device.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-04-22 (16/855984).

Replication continued enhancement method
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11650954) developed by Wong; Kim Poh, Singapore, Singapore, and Basler; Young Soo, Moehlin, Switzerland, for a “replication continued enhancement method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A processor determines the data to be replicated in the production site. The processor splits the data into a plurality of blocks. The processor determines one or more replication links. The processor determines an order of each one of the plurality of blocks to be sent over the one or more replication links, where the order of each one of the plurality of blocks to be sent over the one or more replication links is determined by a machine learning model.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-11-13 (16/949796).

Data migration planning and scheduling based on data change rate analysis
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11630846) developed by Andoor Veettil; Hareesh, and Saurabh; Kumar, Bengaluru, India, for “data migration planning and scheduling based on data change rate analysis.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Data migration based on data change rate analysis is provided. A minimum data replication duration is calculated for each respective data migration event of a set of data migration events in an existing data migration wave plan by adjusting a planned data replication duration until a data change rate per day of servers is equal to an estimated server data replication rate per day when the existing data migration wave plan is not feasible. A new data replication start date, a new data replication end date, and a new data migration cutover date is determined for each respective data migration event based on the minimum data replication duration for each respective data migration event. A new data migration wave plan is generated based on the new data replication start date, the new data replication end date, and the new data migration cutover date for each respective data migration event.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-01-26 (17/158215).

Protecting sensitive data
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11580240) developed by Sreedhar; Vugranam C., Yorktown Heights, NY, Venkateswaran; Sreekrishnan, Bangalore, India, and Jutla; Charanjit Singh, Yorktown Heights, NY, for “protecting sensitive data.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An example operation may include one or more of capturing a current version of sensitive data by a data processor node, hashing, by the data processor node, the current version of the sensitive data, storing, by the data processor node, a hash of the current version of the sensitive data on a first blockchain, encrypting, by the data processor node, the current version of the sensitive data using a secret key, and storing the encrypted current version of the sensitive data on a second blockchain.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-03-24 (16/827874).

VM backup and restore coordinator
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11573863) developed by Mayer; Stefan, Gundelfingen, Germany, Benboubakeur; Moncef, Brno, Czech Republic, and Rueger; Erik, Ockenheim, Germany, for “virtual machine backup and restore coordinator.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A backup and restore coordinator configured to receive a plurality of backup and restore requests from at least two uncoordinated backup functionalities implemented in a virtual environment, the virtual environment including a hypervisor hosting a plurality of virtual machines and a backup server. The backup and restore coordinator configured to extract respective information from the plurality of backup and restore requests including target data, backup resource information, and a type of request. The backup and restore coordinator configured to order the plurality of backup and restore requests in a prioritized queue based on the information extracted from the plurality of backup and restore requests.”

The patent application was filed on 2019-04-08 (16/377450).

Deduplication of encrypted data using multiple keys
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11573929) developed by Biondo Junior; Jose Gilberto, Valinhos, Brazil, Candido De Lima Junior; Juscelino, Campinas, Brazil, Moraes; Marcelo Lopes De, Hortolandia, Brazil, and Rueda Elias; Rosana, Campinas, Brazil, for a “deduplication of encrypted data using multiple keys.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Deduplication of encrypted data using multiple keys includes responding to a request to store a predetermined set of data in an electronic data store by receiving a hash corresponding to the predetermined set of data, receiving encrypted data generated by encrypting the predetermined set of data using an encryption key, and receiving a key index corresponding to the encryption key. The hash may be determined to match a previously stored hash, the previously stored hash indicating that a previously encrypted version of the predetermined set of data is stored at a physical location in the electronic data store. Based on determining that the hash matches a previously stored hash, the hash, encrypted data, and key index are discarded.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-04-09 (16/844742).

Data protection and recovery
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11567835) developed by Butucea Panait; Marcel, Brno, Czech Republic, Rueger; Erik, Ockenheim, Germany, Barak; Jiri, Arlon, Belgium, and Sgobba; Nicolo’, Bratislava, Slovakia, for “data protection and recovery.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Generating a data protection and recovery data backup option by identifying static and runtime metadata for a computing application, determining application criticality of the computing application according to the static metadata using a first machine learning model, determining a data backup option for the computing application according to application criticality and the runtime metadata, using a second machine learning model.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-04-25 (17/239635).

Optimized DRaaS system
Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (11561869) developed by Hagan; Tom, Tampa, FL, Lewis; Robin H, Warwick, Great Britain, Marinstein; Jeff N, Stamford, CT, Routray; Ramani Ranjan, and Song; Yang, San Jose, CA, for an “optimized disaster-recovery-as-a-service system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: analyzing a dataset associated with a service provided by the data protection service provider in order to determine a policy for when and how to replicate the respective components of the dataset corresponding to the service from a source site to a target site, such that the target site may perform the service with a minimum cost.”

The patent application was filed on 2019-07-30 (16/526407).