Linkedin Corporation

Pure Storage, Inc.

Color Labs, Inc.

Google Inc.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Ganesh Ramanarayanan

Nicholas James Woods

Vincent Mallet

Jessica Cheng

Noah Fiedel

Eric William Gillum

Sandip M Chokshi

Bill Nguyen

Megan Streich

John Colgrove

Ronald S Karr

Ethan L Miller

David A Grunwald

Andrew R Bernat

Alan Stuart Driscoll

Steve Hodgson

Malcolm Sharpe

Christopher Golden

Pravir Kumar Gupta

Benjamin P Borowiec

Lev Finkelstein

Tal Cohen

Jun Gong

Adi Mano

Murali Krishna Viswanathan

Daphne Dembo

Evan B Roseman

Cary A Sandvig

Richard A Hankins

Scott Alexander Smith

Matthew Paul Fay

Zoheb Shivani

Wentian Cui

Shishir Yadav

Marina Galata

Prioritizing highly performant storage systems for servicing a synchronously replicated dataset: detecting a communication fault between two or more storage systems that are synchronously replicating a dataset; identifying a preferred storage system for winning mediation, including determining that the preferred storage system winning mediation would result in better performance than other storage systems winning mediation; and requesting, by the preferred storage system, mediation from a mediation target.

Performance-based prioritization for storage systems replicating a dataset

A system and method for performing replication using mediums. A snapshot 'S' is selected for replication, and the anchor medium ‘M’ of S is identified. The replica storage array ‘R’ to which M is being replicated determines a list of medium extents which are available. R sends this list to an original storage array ‘O’ and O generates a list of medium extents which need to be sent to R. Only those medium extents corresponding to M which R does not already have will be sent from O to R. Also, R can obtain medium extents from other source storage arrays during the replication process.

Efficient replication using metadata

Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums for replicating data to the cloud. A first dataset is replicated from a first storage subsystem to the cloud, with only the changes made to the first dataset since a previous replication event being replicated to the cloud. Additionally, the data may be deduplicated and compressed before being replicated from the first storage subsystem to the cloud. In some cases, the first dataset may be replicated to the cloud in a stream format which is not directly usable and then, at a later point in time, loaded onto a second storage subsystem from the cloud.

Restoration of a dataset from a cloud

Prioritizing highly performant storage systems for servicing a synchronously replicated dataset

Determining active membership among storage systems synchronously replicating a dataset, where determining active membership includes: detecting, by a particular storage system of the storage systems, a communication fault with one or more of the storage systems, where the particular storage system is configured to request mediation from a mediation target; determining that at least one of the one or more storage systems is configured to request mediation from the mediation target responsive to the communication fault; and responsive to determining that one or more of the storage systems is configured to request mediation from the mediation target, determining whether to request mediation from the mediation target.

Mediation for synchronous replication

A system and method for performing replication using mediums. A snapshot 'S' is selected for replication, and the anchor medium 'M' of S is identified. The replica storage array &#x2018;R&#x2019; to which M is being replicated determines a list of medium extents which are available. R sends this list to an original storage array &#x2018;O&#x2019; and O generates a list of medium extents which need to be sent to R. Only those medium extents corresponding to M which R does not already have will be sent from O to R. Also, R can obtain medium extents from other source storage arrays during the replication process.

Data replication within a flash storage array

Determining active membership among storage systems synchronously replicating a dataset

Replication to the cloud

Space reporting in a storage system, including: determining, for one or more system-visible objects in the storage system, an amount of physical space consumed by each system-visible object and an amount of logical space consumed by each system-visible object; identifying, for each of the one or more system-visible objects in the storage system, one or more user-visible objects that reference the system-visible object; determining, for each of the one or more user-visible objects, an amount of physical space consumed by the user-visible object in dependence upon the amount of physical space consumed by each system-visible object referenced by the user-visible object; and determining, for each of the one or more user-visible objects, an amount of logical space consumed by the user-visible object in dependence upon the amount of logical space consumed by each system-visible object referenced by the user-visible object.

Space reporting in a storage system

In an example embodiment, an indication is received via a user interface in a first mobile device to begin recording live video on the first mobile device. Then the recording of live video is begun by the first mobile device in response to the receiving of the indication. The live video is displayed in the user interface as it is being recorded. A gesture by a user of the first mobile device is detected. In response to the detection of the gesture, the broadcasting of the live video as it is being recorded to a plurality of mobile devices other than the first mobile device is begun. Then, in the user interface along with the live video, identifications of a plurality of users corresponding to the plurality of mobile device other than the first mobile device to which the live video is being broadcast are displayed.

Live video broadcast user interface

Systems and methods for the measuring of affinity levels via passive and active interactions are provided. A first group of users are selected from a plurality of possible groups of users. Affinity levels are measured among the users of the first group, the affinity levels based at least partially on both passive and active interactions between an electronic device of a first user and electronic devices of users in the first group. The first user is added to the first group based on the affinity levels.

Measuring affinity levels via passive and active interactions

Systems and methods for the forming of user device groups are presented. In one example, logical relationship information describing logical relationships among a plurality of user devices is accessed. Scores for each of a plurality of possible groups are generated based at least partially on the logical relationship information and information about a first user device, but the scores not being based on any personally identifiable information about the first user of the first user device. A first group is selected from the plurality of possible groups based on the scores. Then the first user device is added to the first group.

Determining logical groups without using personal information

In an example embodiment, a gesture indication is received from a mobile device, the gesture indication having been generated by the mobile device in response to a user gesture on a user interface of the mobile device with respect to a video currently being recorded by the mobile device. Then a social network service is accessed to obtain a listing of one or more potential visitors to view the video, the listing being automatically generated based at least partially on user preferences set by a user of the mobile device. Availability notifications are issued to the one or more potential visitors in the listing. A visit request is received from one of the one or more potential visitors. In response to the receiving of a visit request, the video currently being recorded is broadcast to the potential visitor corresponding to the visit request.

Broadcasting video based on user preference and gesture

In an example embodiment, a gesture indication generated by a mobile device in response to a user gesture on a user interface of the mobile device with respect to a video currently being recorded by the mobile device is received. Availability notifications are then issued to the one or more potential visitors in the listing. A visit request is received from one of the one or more potential visitors, and then a host invitation is issued to the mobile device. In response to an indication that the user device has permitted the potential visitor corresponding to the visit request to view the video currently being recorded as a live video broadcast, the video currently being recorded is broadcast to the potential visitor corresponding to the visit request.

Video broadcast invitations based on gesture

Systems and methods for the forming of user device groups are presented. In one example, logical relationship information describing logical relationships among a plurality of users is accessed. Potential membership of a first user in a first group of users is determined based on scores generated for each of a plurality of possible groups of users, the scores based on the logical relationship information. Then the first user is added to the first group of users. Content from an electronic device of the first user is received for broadcast to the first group of users. In response to the receiving of content, the scores for each of the plurality of possible groups of users are regenerated based on the content. Then the first user is added to or removed from a second group of users selected from the plurality of possible groups of users based on the regenerated scores.

Reranking of groups when content is uploaded

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