Patents by Inventor John W. Brisbin

John W. Brisbin 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for system memory efficient disk access to a raid system using stripe control information
    Patent number: 6021462
    Abstract: A technique for accessing a series of secondary storage devices where a reduced amount of main memory is needed to implement the data transfer is disclosed. The technique operates to share control information stored in the main memory so that most of the main memory allocated to implementing a data transfer is shared by the series of the secondary storage drives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A. Minow, John W. Brisbin