Patents by Inventor Andrew Damian Topham

Andrew Damian Topham has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Performing a copy operation on a replicated virtual cartridge
    Patent number: 8589648
    Abstract: A replicated virtual cartridge is received into a media vault of a first virtual tape library and appears in a shadow library. The virtual cartridge is visible to a backup application via the shadow library to allow the backup application to perform a copy operation on the virtual cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel Philip Coney, Andrew Damian Topham, Alastair Slater
  • PERFORMING A COPY OPERATION ON A REPLICATED VIRTUAL CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20130013845
    Abstract: A replicated virtual cartridge is received into a media vault of a first virtual tape library and appears in a shadow library. The virtual cartridge is visible to a backup application via the shadow library to allow the backup application to perform a copy operation on the virtual cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Philip Coney, Andrew Damian Topham, Alastair Slater
  • Storage library with removable media
    Publication number: 20080183997
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for managing a storage library with removable media. One method includes providing to an administrative console identification of host computers attempting to access a tape drive in a tape library; determining, from input at the administrative console, access rights for each of the host computers attempting to access the tape drive; and transmitting the access rights to the tape drive in order to configure the tape drive to determine which of the host computers are authorized to access the tape drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Curtis C. Ballard, John G. McCarthy, Steven Maddocks, Stanley S. Feathers, Michael Banther, Andrew Damian Topham