Patents by Inventor Charles E. Christian, Jr.

Charles E. Christian, Jr. 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).

  • PROVIDING A REDUNDANT CONNECTION IN RESPONSE TO A MODIFIED CONNECTION
    Publication number: 20170279667
    Abstract: Examples herein disclose detecting a modification to a first connection between components. In response to the detected modification, the examples provide a second connection redundant to the first connection. The second connection resumes a capability of the first connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Bradley G Culter, Charles E. Christian, Jr.
  • Retrieving data from multiple locations in storage systems
    Patent number: 9292620
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for retrieving data from multiple locations in storage systems. One embodiment includes a method that determines that data is stored in multiple locations remote to a computer, estimates a latency to retrieve the data from the multiple locations, and requests the data from the plural locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Christopher Edward Hoover, Eric A. Anderson, Charles E. Christian, Jr., Tim Reddin, Robert J. Souza, Xiaozhou Li
  • Data mirroring using a virtual connection
    Patent number: 8903766
    Abstract: In a storage system, at least three storage sites are arranged in a full mirroring relationship using a virtual connection between instances of a storage group on two of the sites whereby no user data is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Padovano, Michael G. Byrnes, Charles E. Christian, Jr., Laura Clemens, Rodger Daniels, Donald R. Fraser, Deborah Levinson, James Michael Reuter, Susan Spence, Christopher Stroberger
  • Managing jobs in shared file systems
    Patent number: 8181180
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for managing jobs in a shared file system. One embodiment includes a method that intercepts file accesses within a job on a client to a storage device in a shared file system, detects when a file associated with the job changes, and sends the client a message of the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric A. Anderson, Christopher Edward Hoover, Charles E. Christian, Jr., Tim Reddin, Robert J. Souza, Xiaozhou Li