Patents by Inventor Edgar Xavier SOMOZA

Edgar Xavier SOMOZA 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).

  • Obtaining additional data storage from another data storage system
    Patent number: 10025521
    Abstract: A main data storage system has a main computer-implemented storage control and data storage, and a user interface, the main storage control in communication with a local computer-implemented storage control of a local data storage system with local data storage. In response to a request to increase data storage from the user interface, the main storage control determines whether the main data storage is out of space. If so, the main storage control sends a command to the local storage control to create data space in local data storage. The local storage control creates the data space and associates the data space with the main storage control; and, in response to a command from the user interface to rebalance data storage, the local storage control sends the command to the main storage control to search for storage space sufficient for the data space in the main storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan A. Coronado, Sara M. Coronado, Jennifer S. Shioya, Edgar Xavier Somoza
  • OBTAINING ADDITIONAL DATA STORAGE FROM ANOTHER DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170038993
    Abstract: A main data storage system has a main computer-implemented storage control and data storage, and a user interface, the main storage control in communication with a local computer-implemented storage control of a local data storage system with local data storage. In response to a request to increase data storage from the user interface, the main storage control determines whether the main data storage is out of space. If so, the main storage control sends a command to the local storage control to create data space in local data storage. The local storage control creates the data space and associates the data space with the main storage control; and, in response to a command from the user interface to rebalance data storage, the local storage control sends the command to the main storage control to search for storage space sufficient for the data space in the main storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan A. CORONADO, Sara M. CORONADO, Jennifer S. SHIOYA, Edgar Xavier SOMOZA
  • Obtaining additional data storage from another data storage system
    Patent number: 9513809
    Abstract: A main data storage system has a main computer-implemented storage control and data storage, and a user interface, the main storage control in communication with a local computer-implemented storage control of a local data storage system with local data storage. In response to a request to increase data storage from the user interface, the main storage control determines whether the main data storage is out of space. If so, the main storage control sends a command to the local storage control to create data space in local data storage. The local storage control creates the data space and associates the data space with the main storage control; and, in response to the local storage control creating data space in the local data storage and notifying the main storage control, the main storage control updates its metadata with respect to the data space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan A. Coronado, Sara M. Coronado, Jennifer S. Shioya, Edgar Xavier Somoza
  • OBTAINING ADDITIONAL DATA STORAGE FROM ANOTHER DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150058589
    Abstract: A main data storage system has a main computer-implemented storage control and data storage, and a user interface, the main storage control in communication with a local computer-implemented storage control of a local data storage system with local data storage. In response to a request to increase data storage from the user interface, the main storage control determines whether the main data storage is out of space. If so, the main storage control sends a command to the local storage control to create data space in local data storage. The local storage control creates the data space and associates the data space with the main storage control; and, in response to the local storage control creating data space in the local data storage and notifying the main storage control, the main storage control updates its metadata with respect to the data space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan A. CORONADO, Sara M. CORONADO, Jennifer S. SHIOYA, Edgar Xavier SOMOZA