Hitachi Vantara Assigned Six Patents

Adaptive storage reclamation
Hitachi Vantara LLC, Santa Clara, CA, has been assigned a patent (11,188,229) developed by Kats, Yury, Belmont, MA, and Manjanatha, Sowmya, Westford, MA, for an “adaptive storage reclamation.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In some examples, a system may include at least one class of storage that is configured for having freed storage space reclaimed to enable reuse of the freed storage space. For instance, the system may determine whether a volume corresponding to the at least one class of storage is used to store system data or user data. If the volume is used to store user data, then the system may determine whether any of the user data has been deleted from the volume. If data has been deleted from the volume, the system may determine whether an available capacity of the volume is less than a remaining capacity threshold before performing reclamation on the at least one storage device corresponding to the volume. Alternatively, if the volume is used to store system data, the system may perform reclamation based on an elapsed period of time since the last reclamation.”

The patent application was filed on September 25, 2015 (15/742,558).

Limiting folder and link sharing
Hitachi Vantara LLC, Santa Clara, CA, has been assigned a patent (11,126,460) developed by Clark, Ngale, Fahey, Sarah, Wohler, Walter, and Leich, Alexander, Santa Clara, CA, for “limiting folder and link sharing.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In some examples, a computer system may receiving a request to allow a second user associated with a second user account to access at least one of a folder or a link associated with a first user account of a first user. The computer system may determine a first profile associated with the first user account, and may further determine whether sharing whitelisting is enabled for the first profile. Additionally, the computer system may determine a second profile associated with the second user account, and may determine whether the second profile is included in a sharing whitelist of the first profile. When sharing whitelisting is enabled for the first profile, the computer system may allow a client device associated with the second user account to access the folder and/or the link when the second profile is included in the sharing whitelist of the first profile.”

The patent application was filed on February 3, 2017 (16/347,895).

Generating code for deploying cloud infrastructure
Hitachi Vantara LLC, Santa Clara, CA, has been assigned a patent (11,099,976) developed by Khakare, Ganesh, Pune, India, Burkule, Sanju, Lohegoan, India, Nagarkar, Gunanand, Pune, India, Kaza, Tapasvi, Reston, VA, and Vasireddy, Sri, Leesburg, VA, for “generating code for deploying cloud infrastructure.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Systems and methods to deploy cloud infrastructure. In one approach, a method includes creating a blueprint using a user interface displayed at a user device, automatically generating code based on the blueprint (e.g., generating the code using a server) and deploying the cloud infrastructure using the code (e.g., deploying to the AWS cloud).”

The patent application was filed on October 29, 2018 (16/647,341).

Generating testing infrastructure on cloud for testing software
Hitachi Vantara LLC, Santa Clara, CA, has been assigned a patent (11,074,165) developed by Khakare, Ganesh, Pune, India, Burkule, Sanju, Lohegoan, India, Nagarkar, Gunanand, Pune, India, Kaza, Tapasvi, Reston, VA, and Vasireddy, Sri, Leesburg, VA, for “generating testing infrastructure on a cloud for testing software applications.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Systems and methods to generate testing infrastructure on a cloud for testing software (e.g. an application that runs in a cloud hosted by an AWS server). In one approach, a method includes: generating testing infrastructure on a cloud, and testing, using the testing infrastructure, an application. The method further includes instantiating a browser in the testing infrastructure, importing at least one test case from a repository, and executing the at least one test case for the application.”

The patent application was filed on October 29, 2018 (16/647,362).

Controlling user access to storage
Hitachi Vantara LLC, Santa Clara, CA, has been assigned a patent (11,036,401) developed by Caswell, Paul Clive, Chappell, Simon James, and Helliker, Fabrice Claude Oliver, Bracknell, Great Britain, for “method, apparatus, and system for controlling user access to a data storage system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “User access to a data storage system including one or more nodes providing a plurality of data storage resources is controlled, the plurality of data storage resources storing one or more user-accessible primary data structures and one or more user-accessible secondary data structures, each secondary data structures being stored on the basis of a respective associated primary data structure, wherein the data storage system stores, for each secondary data structure, data structure metadata which is indicative of a parent data storage resource and an owner data storage resource of the respective secondary data structure. Upon receiving a user request to access a certain secondary data structure of the one or more secondary data structures stored on a respective parent data storage resource, based on data structure metadata stored for the certain secondary data structure, the respective owner data storage resource of the certain secondary data structure is determined.”

The patent application was filed on July 14, 2017 (16/488,957).

Data system for managing synchronized data protection operations at nodes
Hitachi Vantara LLC, Santa Clara, CA, has been assigned a patent (11,030,056) developed by Helliker, Fabrice, Stormont, James, Cockayne, Andrew, and Chappell, Simon, Dorset, Great Britain, for a “data system for managing synchronized data protection operations at nodes of the data system, source node and destination node, and computer program product for use in such data system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The present application relates to a data system for managing synchronized data protection operations at plural nodes of the data system, the data system including at least a first node and a second node, wherein the first node is communicably connected to the second node and is configured to operate on the basis of first sequence information, the first node being configured to perform a first data protection operation and to transmit a synchronization notification to the second node on the basis of respective instructions included in the first sequence information, and wherein the second node is configured to receive the synchronization notification from the first node and to operate on the basis of second sequence information, the second node being configured to perform a second data protection operation upon receipt of the synchronization notification on the basis of a respective instruction included in the second sequence information.”

The patent application was filed on October 20, 2014 (15/303,234).