Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Assigned Two Patents

Managing in-memory container storage
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea, has been assigned a patent (12038872) developed by Kim; Dae-Won, Kim; Sun-Wook, Jang; Su-Min, Cha; Jae-Geun, and Choi; Hyun-Hwa, Daejeon, Korea, for “apparatus and method for managing in-memory container storage.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for managing in-memory container storage. The apparatus includes one or more processors, executable memory for storing at least one program executed by the one or more processors, and a container file system for storing a container, which provides application virtualization. Here, the container file system includes a merged access layer, a container layer, and an image layer, and the at least one program provides an application with link information of files in the container layer and the image layer, thereby allowing the application to access the files.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-06-17 (17/842957).

Selecting storage location based on data usage
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, korea, has been assigned a patent (12026393) developed by Lee; Yongseob, Incheon, Korea, for “apparatus and method for selecting storage location based on data usage.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for selecting a storage location based on data usage. The apparatus for selecting a storage location based on data usage includes memory for storing at least one program, and a processor for executing the program, wherein the program is configured to, when an instruction for predetermined data is input through a user interface, determine one of multiple storage devices based on a result of analysis of usage of the predetermined data, and perform a process corresponding to the instruction by writing the predetermined data to the determined storage device or by reading the predetermined data from the determined storage device, and, wherein the multiple storage devices comprise at least two of multiple different types of permanent storage devices and multiple different types of volatile storage devices.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-12-14 (17/550671).