Upthere Assigned Patent

Upthere, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,207,866) developed by Boeuf, Julien, Palo Alto, CA, and Rawat, Sachin, San Francisco, CA , for a “chunk-level client side encryption in hierarchical content addressable storage.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Techniques for chunk-level client side encryption are provided. In a content addressable storage system, a plurality of chunks is used to implement a hierarchical file system. The hierarchical file system supports both encrypted and non-encrypted volumes. A folders and files layer makes calls directly to a chunk system layer for operations involving non-encrypted volumes. The folders and files layer makes calls to a volume encryption layer for operations involving encrypted volumes. The volume encryption layer receives calls from the folders and files layer through an API that matches the API through which the chunk system layer receives calls from the folders and files layer.“

The patent application was filed on July 22, 2013 (13/947,409).