Metadata cache for storing manifest portion
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803483
Example implementations relate to storing manifest portions in a metadata cache. An example includes receiving, by a storage controller, a read request associated with a first data unit. In response to receiving the read request, the storage controller stores a manifest portion in a metadata cache, the stored manifest portion comprising a plurality of records, the plurality of records including a first record associated with the first data unit. The storage controller determines storage…
Communication channel management
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11805507
In embodiments of the present disclosure, a method is provided for managing a communication channel between a first communication unit and a second communication unit in an AP. At the first communication unit, a request is transmitted to the second communication unit for reserving a communication channel. Here, the second communication unit is associated with a Wi-Fi network that is different from a network type associated with the first communication unit, and the first and second…
Authentication enhancement with neighbor device
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11805415
In embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for authenticating an access point. In the method, a request for joining a network is received from an access point. A neighbor authentication notification is transmitted to the access point for obtaining an authentication code from a neighbor access point that is connected in the network in accordance with a determination that the access point is verified. The authentication code that is generated by the neighbor…
Ordered stack formation with reduced manual intervention
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11805183
A member switch of multiple connected switches receives a stack-discovery packet from a first coupled switch and, in response, generates and transmits a stack-discovery-response packet to the first coupled switch to allow the member switch to be discovered. The member switch receives stack-configuration information from a stack-control node and forwards the stack-discovery packet to a second coupled switch to facilitate discovery of the second coupled switch. The first coupled switch,…
Scanning container images and objects associated with building the container images
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11805136
A technique includes accessing, by a computer, a container image that is built at least in part inside a virtual machine instance; and accessing, by the computer, an image of the virtual machine instance. Pursuant to the technique, the container image and the image of the virtual machine instance are scanned for security issues; and a result of the scanning is displayed by the computer.
Onboarding for remote management
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11805117
In some examples, a cloud-based management system receives information identifying electronic devices to be onboarded for cloud-based management by the cloud-based management system, receives, from a first electronic device, a request to establish a secure connection between the cloud-based management system and the first electronic device, and receives, from the first electronic device, a certificate. The cloud-based management system confirms, based on information in the certificate…
Dynamic selection of tunnel endpoints
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11805103
Examples of dynamically selecting tunnel endpoints are described. In an example, a request for authenticating a client device connected to an edge device via a wired link is received. The request includes information indicative of a port of the edge device at which the client device is connected and a type of the client device. Based on at least one of the port, the type, resource availability of a plurality of network devices, and location of the plurality of network devices, a network…
Asymmetric application identification detection on switches
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11805078
A first ingress interface on a switch receives a first control packet for establishing a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) session and selects a first engine running on a first line card in the switch. A second ingress interface receives a second control packet and selects the same first engine. Data associated with the TCP session received by the first or second ingress interface subsequent to establishing the TCP session is to be forwarded to the first engine. The first ingress…
Selection and movement of data between nodes of a distributed storage system
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803525
Example implementation relates to a method for managing movement of set of entities associated with sampled data units in a cluster of nodes of a distributed storage system. A database is maintained for sampled data units received from the cluster of nodes. The method includes maintaining lineage information for the set of entities associated with the sampled data units received from each node. Based on the lineage information of a source node, a data set for migration is determined.
Journals to record metadata changes in a storage system
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803518
Examples implementations relate to journals for metadata changes. An example includes detecting, by a storage controller, metadata changes associated with a container index of a deduplication storage system; recording, by the storage controller, the detected metadata changes in a journal associated with the container index, where the journal is included in a journal group comprising a plurality of journals; determining, by the storage controller, whether a filled amount of the journal…
Electric heating device with endless belt
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803148
An electrothermal heating device for heating a print medium includes an endless belt, a first electrode and a second electrode. The endless belt rotates in a rotational direction about a rotation axis that defines an axial direction, so as to generate heat when the endless belt rotates and is supplied with power. The endless belt includes a base portion made of a nanocomposite material having a carbon filler. The first and second electrodes are in contact with the base portion of the…
Data anonymization for a document editor
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803481
A method for anonymizing documents before publication is provided. The method includes identifying regular expressions configured to match strings to be anonymized in a document, selecting a readable identifier as an anonymized reference for a string replacement, searching the document for a match string that fits the regular expression, hashing the match string using a collision resistant, deterministic, non-inverting cryptographic hashing function, and comparing a cryptographic hash of…
Validation of log files using blockchain system
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803461
Examples include a blockchain system for managing and validating log files generated corresponding to transactions of a plurality of computing resources. Some examples include creating a block, in the blockchain system, corresponding to a log file generated corresponding to a transaction of a computing resource of the plurality of computing resources. Some examples include performing checksum validation of log files generated corresponding to transactions of a plurality of computing…
Latency tolerance reporting value determinations
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803459
Examples of electronic devices are described herein. In some examples, an electronic device may include a communication interface to receive information from a peripheral device. In some examples, the electronic device may include logic circuitry to determine a target latency tolerance reporting (LTR) value based on the information via a machine learning model.
Localization of potential issues to objects
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803433
In some examples, a system identifies a potential issue based on comparing measurement data acquired at different hierarchical levels of a computing environment. Within a hierarchical level of the different hierarchical levels, the system determines, based on measurement data acquired for objects in the hierarchical level, whether the potential issue is localized to a subset of the objects.
IoT device update
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803363
Examples include receiving determining a leader Internet of Things (IoT) device in a region, sending an instructions update to the leader IoT device, and sending an update token to a number of secondary IoT devices in the region. The update token comprises information for the secondary IoT devices to receive the instructions update from the leader IoT device. The leader IoT device is selected based on which of configurations of a plurality of IoT devices in the region fulfills a target…
Handling frequently accessed pages
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803306
Handling frequently accessed pages is disclosed. An indication is received of a stalling event caused by a requested portion of memory being inaccessible. It is determined that the requested portion of memory is a frequently updated portion of memory. The stalling event is handled based at least in part on the determination that the requested portion of memory is a frequently updated portion of memory.
Providing utilization and cost insight of host servers
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803227
Respective energy consumption data is collected via respective agents running on respective host servers. The respective energy consumption data represents energy consumed by the respective host servers over a time period. The respective agents communicate with hardware on each of the respective host servers using a unified application programming interface (API). Respective energy costs are determined over the time period for the respective host servers based on the respective energy…
Contiguous plane infrastructure for computing systems
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803216
A computing system includes an array of compute module racks, each compute module rack containing a plurality of compute modules and each compute module being accessible by extracting the compute module rack out of the array of compute module racks. A liquid distribution infrastructure comprising liquid coolant supply lines and return lines is arranged in a first plane adjacent to the array of compute module racks and coupled to each of the vertical racks to provide liquid cooling for…
Bush tiltable by heating belt
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803151
A fuser includes a pressure roller to rotate and a heating belt to form a fixing nip with the pressure roller. The heating belt comprises at each end of the heating belt a bush to support the heating belt, a fixing flange to rotatably support the bush, and a plurality of springs to elastically connect between the bush and the fixing flange, to rotate the bush about an axis passing through a first surface of the bush and a second surface of the bush opposite to the first surface of the…
