Patents by Inventor Colette T. Howe

Colette T. Howe 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).

  • System and method for storing operational data of a storage automation device to a removable nonvolatile memory component
    Publication number: 20040268039
    Abstract: A cartridge storage system comprising a movable component, a removable nonvolatile memory component (RNMC), and logic configured to store operational data indicative of an operational history of the movable component in the RNMC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Curtis C. Ballard, Colette T. Howe, Rick A. Kato, William W. Torrey, Myron E. Yoknis
  • Virtual electronic data library supporting mixed drive types using virtual libraries within a single library
    Patent number: 6675260
    Abstract: A virtual electronic data library system has a plurality of storage elements. Each storage element is adapted to store a medium of a plurality of media. Preferably, a plurality of subsets of the media each have one format of a plurality of formats. A plurality of input/output elements are preferably adapted to receive and read the media stored in the storage elements. Each of the input/output elements is capable of operatively receiving media having at least one of the formats. A library controller has firmware wherein the subsets of the media are each assigned a logical unit number for use by the controller to partition the library. At least one transport is operable to remove the media from the storage elements and operatively deploy the media for use by one of the input/output elements. The transport deploys the media in an input/output element according to the logical unit numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William W. Torrey, Colette T. Howe
  • Virtual electronic data library supporting mixed drive types using virtual libraries within a single library
    Publication number: 20030084240
    Abstract: A virtual electronic data library system has a plurality of storage elements. Each storage element is adapted to store a medium of a plurality of media. Preferably, a plurality of subsets of the media each have one format of a plurality of formats. A plurality of input/output elements are preferably adapted to receive and read the media stored in the storage elements. Each of the input/output elements is capable of operatively receiving media having at least one of the formats. A library controller has firmware wherein the subsets of the media are each assigned a logical unit number for use by the controller to partition the library. At least one transport is operable to remove the media from the storage elements and operatively deploy the media for use by one of the input/output elements. The transport deploys the media in an input/output element according to the logical unit numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: William W. Torrey, Colette T. Howe