Patents by Inventor Curtis Howard Bruner

Curtis Howard Bruner 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).

  • Enhanced data verify in data storage arrays
    Patent number: 9367254
    Abstract: To provide enhanced operation of data storage devices and systems, various systems, methods, and software are provided herein. In a first example, a data storage system is configured to provide at least a portion of a first data storage device as a verification cache for a storage region of a second data storage device, write data for storage in the verification cache of the first data storage device and write the data for storage in the storage region of the second data storage device. The data storage system is configured to perform a verification process on the data written to the storage region after a verification trigger condition has been met. The data storage system is configured to transfer portions of the data that fail to pass the verification process from the verification cache to supersede the one or more parts of the data in the storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Curtis Howard Bruner, Jerry Kohoutek, Jeffrey Edward Mast
  • ENHANCED DATA VERIFY IN DATA STORAGE ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20150378621
    Abstract: To provide enhanced operation of data storage devices and systems, various systems, methods, and software are provided herein. In a first example, a data storage system is configured to provide at least a portion of a first data storage device as a verification cache for a storage region of a second data storage device, write data for storage in the verification cache of the first data storage device and write the data for storage in the storage region of the second data storage device. The data storage system is configured to perform a verification process on the data written to the storage region after a verification trigger condition has been met. The data storage system is configured to transfer portions of the data that fail to pass the verification process from the verification cache to supersede the one or more parts of the data in the storage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Curtis Howard Bruner, Jerry Kohoutek, Jeffrey Edward Mast