US 12,072,860 B2
Delegation of data ownership
John Hayes, Mountain View, CA (US); Robert Lee, Pebble Beach, CA (US); Igor Ostrovsky, Mountain View, CA (US); and Peter Vajgel, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to PURE STORAGE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by PURE STORAGE, INC., Mountian View, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/084,339.
Application 18/084,339 is a continuation of application No. 16/994,332, filed on Aug. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,567,917.
Application 16/994,332 is a continuation of application No. 14/871,833, filed on Sep. 30, 2015, granted, now 10,762,069, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120685 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/907 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/2219 (2019.01) [G06F 16/13 (2019.01); G06F 16/907 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
writing a first portion of data of a file and a first metadata relating to attributes of the file into a first segment controlled by a first owner of the file;
delegating, by the first owner, a second owner for control of a second portion of data of the file, wherein delegation of the second owner is persisted by the first owner; and
writing the second portion of data of the file and second metadata associated with the attributes of the file into a second segment controlled by the second owner.