Huawei Technologies Assigned Twelve Patents

Near data processing (NDP) in network nodes
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12413640) developed by Wang; Yong, Westborough, MA, Gkountouvas; Theodoros, Burlington, MA, Lei; Hui, Scarsdale, NY, Tang; Hongliang, Hopkinton, MA, and Wu; Ning, Northborough, MA, for “Near data processing (NDP) in network nodes.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In some implementations, a storage node receives data processing instructions from a compute node of a network architecture. The storage node detects a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) within the data processing instructions. The DAG includes a plurality of data processing operations arranged within the DAG according to an execution. The data processing operations further include user-defined function (UDF) information associated with a UDF. The storage node may retrieve a first data object from an object store of the distributed storage node based on object keys information within the plurality of data processing operations. The storage node may execute the plurality of data processing operations using the retrieved first data object to generate a DAG execution result, the executing of the plurality of data processing operations based on the execution order. The storage node may communicate the DAG execution result to the compute node in response to the data processing instructions.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-07-19 (18/223908).

Data storage method and flash device for allocating physical address based on flash translation layer
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12405744) developed by Zhou; Jianhua, Chengdu, China, for “data storage method and flash device for allocating a physical address based on a flash translation layer.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data storage method in a flash device and a flash device, where the flash device includes a plurality of flash translation layers (FTLs), each of the FTLs records a mapping from a logical address to a flash physical address, and granularities of logical addresses of the FTLs are different. After receiving a write operation request, the flash device selects a target FTL from the FTLs based on the received write operation request and allocates a physical address from the flash device to the received write operation request based on the target FTL.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-01-07 (17/570958).

Storage device and preparation method, RW method, storage chip and electronic device
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12406709) developed by He; Liang, Nanjing, China, Yan; Xin, Shenzhen, China, Zhao; Yafei, Ning; Jiai, Nanjing, China, Zhao; Junfeng, and Tang; Wentao, Shenzhen, China, for “storage device and preparation method, read-write method, storage chip and electronic device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Embodiments of this application provide a storage component, a preparation method, a reading/writing method, a storage chip, and an electronic device, is related to the storage technology field, and is used to resolve a problem that a quantity of storage states of a spin orbit torque-magnetic random access memory is increased while a storage state change range remains unchanged. The storage component includes: a first magnetic tunnel junction, a spin orbit coupling layer and a second magnetic tunnel junction that are sequentially arranged in a stacked manner. The first magnetic tunnel junction includes a first free layer, and the second magnetic tunnel junction includes a second free layer. The first free layer and the second free layer are arranged on two opposite surfaces of the spin orbit coupling layer.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-06-29 (18/216435).

System, method and storage medium for processing probability distributions in neural networks
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12406171) developed by Ye; Zichun, Ren; Peixu, and Deng; Xun, Toronto, Canada, for “system, method and storage medium for processing probability distributions in neural networks.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A computer implemented method, a system and a non-transitory storage medium are provided for efficiently processing probability distributions in a neural network using a probabilistic programming language. Probability distribution data structures are provided, as well as corresponding distribution-APIs. Each probability distribution data structure comprises an identification of a distribution type and a list of parameters representative of said distribution type. The distribution data structures correspond to parametric representations of the probability distributions. The distribution data structures are inputted as distribution tensors into the layers, processed within the layer and outputted as modified tensors to downstream layers of the neural network. If needed, distribution class objects can be assembled and dissembled within the layers, but distribution tensors are still inputted or outputted by the layers, thereby limiting dataflow in between the layers of the neural network.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-05-11 (17/302745).

Data processing method for memory device, apparatus, and system
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12399619) developed by Zhu; Xiaoming, and Zhou; Yigang, Shanghai, China, for “data processing method for memory device, apparatus, and system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “This application discloses a data processing method for a memory device, an apparatus, and a system, and relates to the field of data storage technologies, so that memory capacity expansion can be implemented, and the memory capacity expansion is not limited by an original quantity of DDR channels. The memory device includes a controller, a first memory, and a second memory, the controller separately communicates with a processor, the first memory, and the second memory, and read/write performance of the first memory is higher than read/write performance of the second memory. The method includes receiving an operation request of the processor, where the operation request includes a logical address, and accessing the first memory or the second memory based on the logical address.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-08-26 (17/896884).

Data integrity protection method and apparatus
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12400039) developed by Zeng; Xuehong, Shenzhen, China, Xia; Yi, Chengdu, China, Cai; Heng, Shenzhen, China, and Cai; Yongjin, Hangzhou, China, for “data integrity protection method and apparatus.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data integrity protection method is applied to an electronic device, and the electronic device stores vendor data and first verification information. The first verification information is stored in a first storage area of the electronic device and is used to perform integrity verification on the vendor data. The method includes: First data is obtained. Digital signature is performed on the first data to generate second data and second verification information. The second data and the second verification information are stored, where the second verification information is stored in a second storage area of the electronic device. According to the data integrity protection method provided in this embodiment of this application, firmware or software customized by a third-party integrator is supported in being reloaded to a system for running, thereby simplifying a process and improving integrated development efficiency of an electronic device.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-12-07 (18/062961).

Cache management method and storage device
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12399828) developed by Xiang; Weijie, Hangzhou, China, Liu; Jinmou, Shenzhen, China, Chen; Junwei, Liu; Jinhu, Chengdu, China, and Cheng; Zhuo, Zürich, Switzerland, for “cache management method and storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Embodiments of this disclosure provide for a storage device, a cache management method, and related apparatus. The storage device includes at least two levels of storages. The at least two levels of storages include a first-level storage and a second-level storage, and a speed of processing data by the first-level storage is higher than that of the second-level storage. The first-level storage includes at least a first storage area and a second storage area. Hotness values of data stored in the first storage area are within a first hotness value interval, hotness values of data stored in the second storage area are within a second hotness value interval, and the data in the first-level storage is swapped out at a granularity of one storage area based on the hotness values of the data.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-09-19 (18/470138).

User data management method and related device
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12393716) developed by Yan; Xueqiang, Zhao; Mingyu, Shanghai, China, Wu; Jianjun, and Yan; Min, Shenzhen, China, for “user data management method and related device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Embodiments of this application provide a user data management method and a related device, to improve user data security. The method includes: A data request device sends a first request to a blockchain platform, where the first request indicates that the data request device needs to access a data storage device. The data request device receives first permission information sent by the blockchain platform, where the first permission information indicates whether the data request device has permission to access the data storage device, and the permission is related to signature information of the data request device, an access type, and an operator public key; and sends a second request to the data storage device if the first permission information indicates that the data request device has the permission to access the data storage device, where the second request includes an access address and an operator private key signature.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-11-20 (18/514095).

Database data compression method and storage device
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12393609) developed by Huang; Yongbing, Beijing, China, and Wu; Chengda, Shenzhen, China, for “database data compression method and storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “This application discloses a database data compression method and a storage device, which are applicable to lossless compression of a relational database. The method includes parsing a first data block to obtain m pieces of first data, where the first data is row/column data, and the first data block is obtained based on database data. Then, the method includes classifying the m pieces of first data according to a machine learning algorithm or a deep learning algorithm, to obtain n classification categories, and transforming first data in each classification category to obtain target data. The method further includes compressing the target data to obtain compressed data. In this application, data in different rows/columns is classified according to the machine/deep learning algorithm, and then the row/column data belonging to the same classification category is transformed and compressed.”

The patent application was filed on 2024-04-25 (18/645926).

Devices, system and methods for optimization in deduplication
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12379862) developed by Mor; Yaron, Natanzon; Assaf, Kuvent; Aviv, and Yeger; Asaf, Hod Hasharon, Israel, for “devices, system and methods for optimization in deduplication.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method and a global server for deduplicating multiple storage servers are disclosed. The global server maintains information regarding a set of hash values, each hash value being associated with a data chunk of data stored in the global server and/or the storage servers, receive, from one or more of the storage servers, a request to modify the information with respect to one or more hash values, accumulate and sort metadata related to the one or more requests, modifies the information with respect to the one or more hash values, based on the accumulated metadata when the accumulated metadata reaches a determined size.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-06-02 (17/805053).

Processor, UFS control method, and computer system
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12373127) developed by Liu; Binfeng, Shenzhen, China, Zhang; Guangyu, Beijing, China, and Yang; Tao, Shanghai, China, for “processor, UFS control method, and computer system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The present disclosure relates to processors, universal flash storage (UFS) control methods, and computer systems. One example processor includes a first processor core, a second processor core, a host controller register (HCI), and a service delivery subsystem (SDS). The HCI includes a first extended doorbell register and a second extended doorbell register. The first processor core may invoke, by using the first extended doorbell register, the HCI to provide first instruction information for the SDS, and the second processor core may invoke, by using the second extended doorbell register, the HCI to provide second instruction information for the SDS.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-01-31 (18/162555).

Method for managing storage system, storage system, and computer program product
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (12373135) developed by Li; Bingbing, Tan; Chunhua, and Dong; Hao, Chengdu, China, for “method for managing storage system, storage system, and computer program product.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Example methods and apparatus for managing a storage system are described. The storage system includes a plurality of control nodes. One example method includes receiving a first operation request of a client by a first control node in the plurality of control nodes. The first control node creates a first object on a first storage node based on the first operation request.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-06-28 (18/343355).