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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:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Caleb E. Welton, Foster City, CA (US);
Hitoshi Harada, Foster City, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ira Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lei Chang, Beijing, CN;
Radhika Reddy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tao Ma, Beijing, CN;
Zhanwei Wang, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30445 (2013.01); G06F 17/30194 (2013.01); G06F 17/30224 (2013.01); G06F 17/30283 (2013.01); G06F 17/30433 (2013.01); G06F 17/30463 (2013.01); G06F 17/30997 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01);
Abstract
Database system comprising nodes configured in a tree structure is disclosed. The system includes a shared metadata store on the root node. Child nodes may request metadata from their ancestors. Parents will forward the request upward until the metadata is found or the root node is reached.