Inventor: Atul Adya

Address: Bellevue, WA
No. of patents: 24
Last patent issue date: 03/23/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7685415	Exclusive encryption An exclusive encryption system is established using multiple computing devices. The exclusive encryption system allows for the exclusion of certain plaintext (e.g., by one of the computing devices) and ciphertext (e.g., by another of the computing devices) while at ...	03/23/2010
7613796	System and method for creating improved overlay network with an efficient distributed data structure A system and method for using skip nets to build and maintain overlay networks for peer-to-peer systems. A skip net is a distributed data structure that can be used to avoid some of the disadvantages of distributed hash tables by organizing data by key ordering. Ski...	11/03/2009
7571327	Exclusive encryption An exclusive encryption system is established using multiple computing devices. The exclusive encryption system allows for the exclusion of certain plaintext (e.g., by one of the computing devices) and ciphertext (e.g., by another of the computing devices) while at ...	08/04/2009
7571186	Locating potentially identical objects across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload Potentially identical objects (e.g., files) are located across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload. For each of a plurality of objects stored on a plurality of computers in a network, a portion of object information corresponding to the o...	08/04/2009
7555656	Exclusive encryption An exclusive encryption system is established using multiple computing devices. The exclusive encryption system allows for the exclusion of certain plaintext (e.g., by one of the computing devices) and ciphertext (e.g., by another of the computing devices) while at ...	06/30/2009
7519623	Locating potentially identical objects across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload Potentially identical objects (e.g., files) are located across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload. For each of a plurality of objects stored on a plurality of computers in a network, a portion of object information corresponding to the o...	04/14/2009
7509423	Locating potentially identical objects across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload Potentially identical objects (e.g., files) are located across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload. For each of a plurality of objects stored on a plurality of computers in a network, a portion of object information corresponding to the o...	03/24/2009
7478243	On-disk file format for serverless distributed file system with signed manifest of file modifications In a serverless distributed file system, the writer of a file can provide file authentication information to a verifying machine without having to compute a new digital signature every time a written file is closed. Periodically, the writer compiles a list of the ha...	01/13/2009
7444387	Locating potentially identical objects across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload Potentially identical objects (e.g., files) are located across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload. For each of a plurality of objects stored on a plurality of computers in a network, a portion of object information corresponding to the o...	10/28/2008
7428751	Secure recovery in a serverless distributed file system Systems and methods for secure file writes after a catastrophic event are allowed over an unauthenticated channel in a serverless distributed file system if an authenticator accompanies the secure file writes. The authenticator can be a power-of-attorney certificate...	09/23/2008
7363375	Adaptive allocation of last-hop bandwidth based on monitoring of end-to-end throughput A method for refinishing a countertop in order to achieve a granite, a marble, or other desired look uses an oil-based paint having a glaze therein applied as a base coat to a countertop that has been prepared smooth and taped as needed. Once the base coat dries, on...	04/22/2008
7359937	Locating potentially identical objects across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload Potentially identical objects (e.g., files) are located across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload. For each of a plurality of objects stored on a plurality of computers in a network, a portion of object information corresponding to the o...	04/15/2008
7330893	Adaptive allocation of last-hop bandwidth based on monitoring of end-to-end throughput An improved method and system for optimizing the allocation of bandwidth within a network system is presented. When a client device is engaged in communication with a remote computing device, an access point measures the throughput of the connection between the clie...	02/12/2008
7310644	Locating potentially identical objects across multiple computers Potentially identical objects (such as files) across multiple computers are located. In one embodiment, a computer generates object information for an object stored on the computer. The object information can be generated in a variety of manners (e.g., based on hash...	12/18/2007
7272630	Locating potentially identical objects across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload Potentially identical objects (e.g., files) are located across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload. For each of a plurality of objects stored on a plurality of computers in a network, a portion of object information corresponding to the o...	09/18/2007
7245936	Power efficient channel scheduling in a wireless network A method and system for optimizing channel access scheduling for multiple wireless computing devices over a wireless network improves channel access efficiency with respect to a primary channel. An access point, or host computer, includes a host transceiver for rece...	07/17/2007
7209740	Power efficient channel scheduling in a wireless network A method and system for optimizing channel access scheduling for multiple wireless computing devices over a wireless network improves channel access efficiency with respect to a primary channel. An access point, or host computer, includes a host transceiver for rece...	04/24/2007
7142855	Power efficient channel scheduling in a wireless network A method and system for optimizing channel access scheduling for multiple wireless computing devices over a wireless network improves channel access efficiency with respect to a primary channel. An access point, or host computer, includes a host transceiver for rece...	11/28/2006
7062490	Serverless distributed file system A serverless distributed file system manages the storage of files and directories using one or more directory groups. The directories may be managed using Byzantine-fault-tolerant groups, whereas files are managed without using Byzantine-fault-tolerant groups. Addit...	06/13/2006
7047420	Exclusive encryption An exclusive encryption system is established using multiple computing devices. The exclusive encryption system allows for the exclusion of certain plaintext (e.g., by one of the computing devices) and ciphertext (e.g., by another of the computing devices) while at ...	05/16/2006
7043637	On-disk file format for a serverless distributed file system A file format for a serverless distributed file system is composed of two parts: a primary data stream and a metadata stream. The data stream contains a file that is divided into multiple blocks. Each block is encrypted using a hash of the block as the encryption ke...	05/09/2006
6988124	Locating potentially identical objects across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload Potentially identical objects (e.g., files) are located across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload. For each of a plurality of objects stored on a plurality of computers in a network, a portion of object information corresponding to the o...	01/17/2006
6981138	Encrypted key cache A file that has been encrypted using a symmetric key and that has a corresponding access control entry with the symmetric key encrypted using the public key of a public/private key pair can be accessed. An encrypted key cache is also accessed to determine whether an...	12/27/2005
6266658	Index tuner for given workload An index tuning wizard produces a fast and reasonable recommendation identifying database indexes to use given a specified workload. A query optimizer is used to determine the expected usefulness of potential indexes for the specified workload by taking c...	07/24/2001

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