Patents by Inventor Daniel Morgan Davies

Daniel Morgan Davies 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).

  • Tape emulating disk based storage system and method with automatically resized emulated tape capacity
    Patent number: 10168962
    Abstract: A data protection and storage system includes an array of disk drives for data storage. Data is received for storage on the disk drive via an interface that is configured to emulate a tape drive interface. A virtual tape data structure is created and stored on the disk drives. The allocated capacity of the virtual tape is dynamically and transparently alterable in response to data storage demand within the virtual tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Overland Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Matze, Michael H. Reider, Kenneth David Geist, Daniel Morgan Davies
  • TAPE EMULATING DISK BASED STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATICALLY RESIZED EMULATED TAPE CAPACITY
    Publication number: 20140337575
    Abstract: A data protection and storage system includes an array of disk drives for data storage. Data is received for storage on the disk drive via an interface that is configured to emulate a tape drive interface. A virtual tape data structure is created and stored on the disk drives. The allocated capacity of the virtual tape is dynamically and transparently alterable in response to data storage demand within the virtual tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: OVERLND STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: John E. Matze, Michael H. Reider, Kenneth David Geist, Daniel Morgan Davies
  • Tape emulating disk based storage system and method with automatically resized emulated tape capacity
    Patent number: 8731897
    Abstract: A data protection and storage system includes an array of disk drives for data storage. Data is received for storage on the disk drive via an interface that is configured to emulate a tape drive interface. A virtual tape data structure is created and stored on the disk drives. The allocated capacity of the virtual tape is dynamically and transparently alterable in response to data storage demand within the virtual tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Overland Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Matze, Michael H. Reider, Kenneth David Geist, Daniel Morgan Davies
  • TAPE EMULATING DISK BASED STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATICALLY RESIZED EMULATED TAPE CAPACITY
    Publication number: 20100250229
    Abstract: A data protection and storage system includes an array of disk drives for data storage. Data is received for storage on the disk drive via an interface that is configured to emulate a tape drive interface. A virtual tape data structure is created and stored on the disk drives. The allocated capacity of the virtual tape is dynamically and transparently alterable in response to data storage demand within the virtual tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Overland Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Matze, Michael H. Reider, Kenneth David Geist, Daniel Morgan Davies