Patents by Inventor John C. Holtom

John C. Holtom 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, device, and method for validating data structures in a storage system
    Patent number: 8112465
    Abstract: Validating a data structure includes (a) maintaining a tracking structure in a memory, the tracking structure including a corresponding status field for each table entry, the status fields having an unmarked state and a marked state; (b) processing the table entries sequentially and tracking the used and free table entries using the tracking structure, such tracking including marking the status fields corresponding to used table entries and marking the status fields corresponding to the next free table entries referenced in the pointer fields of free table entries; and (c) determining validity of the data structure based on the tracking structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: BlueArc UK Limited
    Inventor: John C. Holtom
  • System, Device, and Method for Validating Data Structures in a Storage System
    Publication number: 20090100110
    Abstract: Validating a data structure includes (a) maintaining a tracking structure in a memory, the tracking structure including a corresponding status field for each table entry, the status fields having an unmarked state and a marked state; (b) processing the table entries sequentially and tracking the used and free table entries using the tracking structure, such tracking including marking the status fields corresponding to used table entries and marking the status fields corresponding to the next free table entries referenced in the pointer fields of free table entries; and (c) determining validity of the data structure based on the tracking structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: BLUEARC UK LIMITED
    Inventor: John C. Holtom