Synology Assigned Four Patents

Routers and methods for traffic management
Synology Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (10819632) developed by Hsu, Li-Fong, Li, Kuang-Ming, and Chang, Cheng-Pang, Taipei, Taiwan, for “routers and methods for traffic management.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A router including a communication device, a first controller, a storage device, and a second controller is provided. The communication device receives a plurality of first packets of a connection and at least one second packet of the connection subsequent to the first packets. The first controller analyzes the first packets to determine a plurality of transport-layer parameters associated with the connection. The storage device stores the transport-layer parameters. The second controller performs traffic management on the second packet according to at least part of the transport-layer parameters stored in the storage device.”

The patent application was filed on 2017-10-19 (15/787954).

Performing replication control in storage with aid of relationship tree within database, and associated apparatus
Synology Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (10379777) developed by Ke, Kun-Cing, Taipei, Taiwan, for “method for performing replication control in storage system with aid of relationship tree within database, and associated apparatus.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for performing replication control in a storage system and an associated apparatus are provided. The method may include: recording relationships between a protection target in a first storage server and a plurality of snapshots of the protection target in a database of the first storage server and updating the database during recording the relationships, selecting a non-replicated snapshot that has not been replicated from the first storage server to a second storage server, selecting a replicated snapshot that has been replicated from the first storage server to the second storage server as reference of replication difference calculation according to a relationship tree within the database, generating snapshot difference data between the non-replicated snapshot and the replicated snapshot, and transmitting the snapshot difference data from the first storage server to the second storage server, to replicate the non-replicated snapshot from the first storage server to the second storage server.”

The patent application was filed on 2017-06-19 (15/627404).

Processing url and associated server and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
Synology Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (10375141) developed by Lee, Yi-Chien, Taipei, Taiwan, for “method for processing url and associated server and non-transitory computer readable storage medium.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A server includes a processor and a storage unit, where the storage unit stores a program code, and when the processor executes the program code, the processor performs the following steps: receiving a URL from a device external to the server, determining whether the URL has a user account, and converting the URL to a file path, when the URL has the user account, utilizing a first PHP mode to execute the file path, and when the URL does not have the user account, utilizing a second PHP mode to execute the file path.”

The patent application was filed on 2014-07-04 (14/324084).

Performing memory space reservation and management
Synology Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (10365999) developed by Tsai, Chuan-Yu, and Lin, Yi-Chun, Taipei, Taiwan, for “method and apparatus for performing memory space reservation and management.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method and an apparatus for performing memory space reservation and management are provided, wherein the method is applied to a server system. The method includes: providing a mount point at a file system of a server in the server system, and creating a file at the mount point to occupy partial memory space of a physical memory, mapping the file to a section of virtual memory addresses to prevent any swap operation from being applied to the partial memory space, and updating file information of the file into a memory space management list to dynamically manage the partial memory space.”

The patent application was filed on 2017-11-14 (15/811698).