Patents by Inventor Benjamin Paul Myers

Benjamin Paul Myers 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).

  • Total quotas for data storage system
    Patent number: 9229661
    Abstract: Quotas are tracked for user usage of hard disk drive space and offline backup storage space. The quota is enforced against the total space utilized by a user, not just high tier hard drive space usage. When data is migrated from hard disk drive space to backup storage space, data metadata is updated to reflect data kept offline for the user. As such, when users request to store new data, the data usage of hard disk space and backup storage space is determined from the metadata that reflects both data types, and the total storage spaced for the user is used to grant or reject the user's request to store more data in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SILICON GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Inventors: Kevan Flint Rehm, Benjamin Paul Myers
  • TOTAL QUOTAS FOR DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140281214
    Abstract: Quotas are tracked for user usage of hard disk drive space and offline backup storage space. The quota is enforced against the total space utilized by a user, not just high tier hard drive space usage. When data is migrated from hard disk drive space to backup storage space, data metadata is updated to reflect data kept offline for the user. As such, when users request to store new data, the data usage of hard disk space and backup storage space is determined from the metadata that reflects both data types, and the total storage spaced for the user is used to grant or reject the user's request to store more data in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Silicon Graphics International Corp.
    Inventors: Kevan Flint Rehm, Benjamin Paul Myers