Alibaba Group had 21 patents in cloud during Q4 2023. The patent filed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd in Q4 2023 relates to methods and systems for reducing metadata in cloud storage systems by writing data streams into fragments with logical addresses corresponding to physical addresses, and generating indexes for each fragment to locate physical addresses. The fragments contain individual records of the same pre-set logical size, with continuous records, and the index includes information such as offset value, logical size, and physical size of each record. GlobalData’s report on Alibaba Group gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Alibaba Group grant share with cloud as a theme is 14% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Method and system for in-memory metadata reduction in cloud storage system (Patent ID: US20230342293A1)
The patent filed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. pertains to methods and systems for in-memory metadata reduction in a cloud storage system. The method involves receiving a command to write a data stream to a storage device, dividing the data stream into fragments with logical addresses corresponding to physical addresses, and creating an index for each fragment to locate the physical addresses. The index includes information such as the offset value, logical size, and physical size of individual records within the fragment.
Furthermore, the method includes actions like reading the data stream from the storage device based on the index, deleting specific records from a fragment by labeling them as invalid, and updating the index accordingly. The system described in the patent consists of processors and memory storing executable modules to carry out these actions, ensuring efficient storage and retrieval of data streams. Overall, the patent focuses on optimizing metadata management in cloud storage systems to enhance performance and reduce memory usage.
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