Patent №
US 7,155,458
Granted
2006-12-26
Filed 2002
Owner
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10117537
A mechanism enables distributed atomic creation of client-private files using a distributed file system protocol. The mechanism provides an unlinked open operation that enables the distributed atomic creation of a client-private file that is not accessible by other clients. That is, the unlinked open operation creates a file, but does not generate a path name to the file within a file system. The unlinked open operation thus permits clients utilizing the file system protocol to create temporary or “scratch files” that are not accessible by other clients.
AI classification
Ownership
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
assignment · 133360470
Assignors
KIMMEL, JEFFREY S., LENT, ARTHUR, BOLINGER, DON
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.