The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Vamsi Vankamamidi, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Philippe Armangau, Acton, MA (US);
Ashok Tamilarasan, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for encoded virtual block deferred reference counting comprising receiving an input/output ('IO') request for data, the data associated with a virtual block, updating a reference count structure to reflect the IO request, and updating, out of line from the IO request, one or more reference counts associated with the virtual block to reflect the result of the IO request based on the updated reference count structure.