Cisco Technology Assigned Two Patents

Reducing distributed storage operation latency using segment routing techniques
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (11838361) developed by Surcouf, Andre Jean-Marie, St. Leu la Foret, France, Ruty, Guillaume, Paris, France, Hawari, Mohammed, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France, Augustin, Aloÿs Christophe, Versailles, France, and Desmouceaux, Yoann, Paris, France, for “reducing distributed storage operation latency using segment routing techniques.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for reducing distributed storage operation latency using segment routing. In some examples, a method can involve receiving, from a client, a message identifying an intent to store or retrieve data on a distributed storage environment, and sending to the client a segment routing (SR) list identifying storage node candidates for storing or retrieving the data. The method can involve steering a data request from the client through a path defined by the SR list based on a segment routing header (SRH) associated with the request, the SRH being configured to steer the request through the path until a storage node from the storage node candidates accepts the request. The method can further involve sending, to the client device, a response indicating that the storage node has accepted the request and storing or retrieving the data at the storage node that accepted the request.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-12-10 (17/547766).

Partitioning temporal graph for distributed storage
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (11836157) developed by Narayanan, Bhalaji, Raghavendra, Arun Kumar, Nethi, Ramesh, Bangalore, India, and Simhadri, Venkata Lakshmi Narayana Mehar, Cupertino, CA, for “partitioning a temporal graph for distributed storage.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In one embodiment, present disclosure discloses a method for partitioning a temporal graph is described. Embodiments of the method comprises creating a plurality of storage blocks for each type of the different types of graph elements based on predefined label groups, each of the plurality of storage blocks configured to store the telemetry information generated in a corresponding predefined time-range, recreating each of the plurality of storage blocks upon expiry of a configurable rollover time, and sharding each of the plurality of storage blocks into a plurality of shards based on a configurable sharding count.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-02-14 (17/671364).