Patents by Inventor Nils Haustein

Nils Haustein 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).

  • DATA MANAGEMENT OF POTENTIALLY MALICIOUS CONTENT
    Publication number: 20140101766
    Abstract: In a data management system, examination of first data for malicious content by a malicious content scanner is initiated in response to a request to write first data to a data storage device. In response to the examination revealing no malicious content in the first data, the first data, a first signature representative of a version of the malicious content scanner at a time of the examination of the first data, and second data linking the first signature to the first data as read-only data are written to the data storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: JENS - PETER AKELBEIN, MATHIAS DIETZ, NILS HAUSTEIN, ROLF SCHAEFER, RUBEN STRAUS
  • BIOSAMPLE CARTRIDGE WITH RADIAL SLOTS FOR STORING BIOSAMPLE CARRIERS AND USING IN AUTOMATED DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140094114
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a biosample cartridge that includes radial slots for storing biosample carriers. The biosample cartridge has the same form factor as data tape cartridges used in automated tape libraries to allow the biosample cartridge to be handled by the same robotic mechanisms that handle the data tape cartridges. One aspect of the disclosure concerns a biosample cartridge that includes a rotatable biosample carrier holder. The biosample carrier holder includes radial slots for receiving biosample carriers which contain biosamples scanned and analyzed by automated tape libraries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Allen K. Bates, Nils Haustein, Stephen L. Schwartz, Anna W. Topol, Daniel J. Winarski
  • SAMPLE ASSEMBLY WITH AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD TO ACCELERATE THE BONDING OF TARGET ANTIGENS AND NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140080118
    Abstract: Described are embodiments of an invention for a sample assembly with an electrical conductor for generating an electromagnetic field to speed up the tagging of target antigens with antiparticles for detection of the antigens by electromagnetic read heads. A sample assembly includes a surface with a first set of antibodies bonded thereon. Target antigens are bonded with the first set of antibodies. A second set of antibodies bonded to nanoparticles are exposed to the sample surface to bond with the target antigens. The electrical conductor generates an electromagnetic field that moves the nanoparticle-labeled antibodies toward the antigens to shorten the time to complete their bonding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Allen K. Bates, Nils Haustein, Stephen L. Schwartz, Anna W. Topol, Daniel J. Winarski
  • Apparatus and method to generate, store, and read, a plurality of error correction coded data sets
    Patent number: 8667379
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed to receive information and to generate, store, and read, a plurality of error correction coded data sets using that information. Applicants' storage controller receives information and generates (N) sets of error correction coded data, wherein (N) is greater than or equal to 2. The method writes, for each value of (i), the (i)th set of error correction coded data to the (i)th data storage medium, wherein (i) is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to (N). If Applicants' storage controller receives a request to read the information, then Applicants' method reads each of the (N) error correction coded data sets, generates the information using the (N) error correction coded data sets, and returns the information to the requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nils Haustein, Craig Anthony Klein, Daniel James Winarski
  • STORAGE MANAGEMENT IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140059306
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for managing storage space in a virtualized computing environment. The method includes a computer determining, by one or more computer processors, that a virtual computer system has reached a threshold level of minimum available storage space. The storage space of the computer system is searched for an inactive snapshot file. When the inactive snapshot file is located, the inactive snapshot file is moved to a secondary storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan Bender, Nils Haustein, Christian Mueller, Dominic Mueller-Wicke
  • TIMING-BASED SERVO FOR DETERMINING LATERAL HEAD VELOCITY
    Publication number: 20140036386
    Abstract: A servo track has servo pattern frames including two pairs of parallel transitions, the transitions of each pair spaced apart an equal distance, the first pair at an azimuth angle, the second pair at the opposite azimuth angle. A servo channel receives signals at first times corresponding to a servo read head detecting the transitions of the first pair of parallel transitions of a servo pattern frame, and second times corresponding to the servo read head detecting the transitions of the second pair of parallel transitions. The servo channel determines a relative lateral movement and velocity between the tape and the tape head based on respective functions of the ratio (TD?TC)/(TB?TA), distance d, and constants proportional to the azimuth angle and the trajectory angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Allen K. Bates, Nhan X. Bui, Nils Haustein, Stephen L. Schwartz, Daniel J. Winarski
  • Cartridge for storing biosample plates and use in automated data storage systems
    Patent number: 8640964
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a biosample cartridge that includes storage slots for holding biosample plates. The cartridge has the same form factor as data tape cartridges to allow the cartridge to be handled by the same robotic mechanisms that handle data cartridges in an automated tape library. One aspect of the disclosure concerns a biosample storage cartridge that has a movable door to provide access to inside the cartridge and a plate holder disposed inside the cartridge. The plate holder includes a plurality of slots for receiving biosample plates that are scanned and processed by the automated tape library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Allen Keith Bates, Nils Haustein, James William Johnson, Stephen Leonard Schwartz, Anna Wanda Topol, Daniel James Winarski
  • TIMING-BASED SERVO FOR DETERMINING LATERAL HEAD VELOCITY
    Publication number: 20140022667
    Abstract: A servo track has identical servo pattern frames including two pairs of parallel magnetic transitions, the transitions of each pair spaced apart an equal distance, the transitions of the first pair at an azimuth angle to the longitudinal axis of the tape, the transitions of the second pair at an opposite azimuth angle. A servo channel receives signals at first times corresponding to when a servo read head detects the first and second transitions of the first pair of parallel transitions of a servo pattern frame, and second times corresponding to when the servo read head detects the first and second transitions of the second pair of parallel transitions. The servo channel determines a relative lateral movement and velocity between the tape and the tape head based on the azimuth angle and the ratio of the difference of the first and the difference of the second times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Allen K. Bates, Nhan X. Bui, Nils Haustein, Stephen L. Schwartz, Daniel J. Winarski
  • CARTRIDGE FOR STORING BIOSAMPLE PLATES AND USE IN AUTOMATED DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140018265
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a biosample storage cartridge includes an enclosure having a same form factor as a data tape cartridge configured for use in an automated tape library; and a holder disposed in the enclosure. In another embodiment, a biosample storage cartridge includes an enclosure and a holder disposed in the enclosure; the holder is configured to receive one or more biosamples, the cartridge is structurally configured to be picked by a picker of an access robot that is configured to pick a data tape cartridge in an automated tape library. In still another embodiment, an analytical system includes a bioanalysis drive configured to perform bioanalysis on one or more biosamples received from at least one biosample storage cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Allen K. Bates, Nils Haustein, James W. Johnson, Stephen L. Schwartz, Anna W. Topol, Daniel J. Winarski
  • Data storage assembly with diamond like carbon antireflective layer
    Patent number: 8630041
    Abstract: A data storage assembly is presented. The data storage assembly includes a bi-layered antireflective coating. An inner layer of the antireflective coating includes diamond like carbon. An outer layer is disposed over the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Allen Keith Bates, Nils Haustein, Craig Anthony Klein, Sandra Lynn Waters, Daniel James Winarski
  • Optimized power savings in a storage virtualization system
    Patent number: 8627126
    Abstract: Various embodiments for optimized power savings in a storage virtualization system are provided. First meta data for physical resources which describes a power status of a storage resource in one of a powered-on/read-write, powered-on/read only, and powered-off power state is created. Second meta data for each of the physical storage resources which determines an actual performance of the physical storage resources and which supports optimization of a powering-on and a powering-off of the physical storage resources is created. A write request from one of a host and application to logical and virtual storage resource is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nils Haustein, Ulf Troppens, Daniel James Winarski, Rainer Wolafka
  • Timing-based servo for determining lateral head velocity
    Patent number: 8619384
    Abstract: A servo track has identical servo pattern frames including two pairs of parallel magnetic transitions, the transitions of each pair spaced apart an equal distance, the transitions of the first pair at an azimuth angle to the longitudinal axis of the tape, the transitions of the second pair at an opposite azimuth angle. A servo channel receives signals at first times corresponding to when a servo read head detects the first and second transitions of the first pair of parallel transitions of a servo pattern frame, and second times corresponding to when the servo read head detects the first and second transitions of the second pair of parallel transitions. The servo channel determines a relative lateral movement and velocity between the tape and the tape head based on the azimuth angle and the ratio of the difference of the first and the difference of the second times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Allen K. Bates, Nhan X. Bui, Nils Haustein, Stephen L. Schwartz, Daniel J. Winarski
  • Balancing power consumption and high availability in an information technology system
    Patent number: 8595545
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for balancing the requirements of high availability achieved by redundant active components and power saving achieved by less active components. The requirement for high availability can be expressed by the recovery time objective (RTO) which specifies the amount of time it takes to recover from a failure in the system. Based on the configured RTO, the system configures the most appropriate power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Gardelegen, Nils Haustein, Peter Kimmel
  • Balancing power consumption and high availability in an information technology system
    Patent number: 8589721
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for balancing the requirements of high availability achieved by redundant active components and power saving achieved by less active components. The requirement for high availability can be expressed by the recovery time objective (RTO) which specifies the amount of time it takes to recover from a failure in the system. Based on the configured RTO, the system configures the most appropriate power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Gardelegen, Nils Haustein, Peter Kimmel
  • DATA DEDUPLICATION USING CRC-SEED DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN DATA AND STUBS
    Publication number: 20130262422
    Abstract: Various embodiments for differentiating between data and stubs pointing to a parent copy of deduplicated data are provided. Undeduplicated data is stored with a checksum of an initial value as a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) seed. A stub pointing to the parent copy of the deduplicated data is stored with an additional checksum of a differing, additional initial value as a second CRC seed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Allen K. BATES, Nils HAUSTEIN, Craig A. KLEIN, Frank KRICK, Ulf TROPPENS, Daniel J. WINARSKI
  • Input/output (I/O) path selection based on workload types
    Patent number: 8521922
    Abstract: Various embodiments for an Input/Output (I/O) path selection based on workload types are provided. A port workload controller is adapted to control the workload types of ports for accessing a storage device. A storage access command is received by the port workload controller from an application being executed on a virtual server on a physical server. The workload types related to the storage access command are determined. Storage access paths between the application and the storage device having the same workload types as the determined workload types related to the storage access command are determined. Storage access paths mapping data that is controlled by the port workload controller is used. A selected storage access path is selected out of the determined storage access paths having the least utilization. The storage device is accessed via the selected one of the plurality of storage access paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nils Haustein, Thorsten Krause, Ulf Troppens
  • Systems and methods for performing deduplicated data processing on tape
    Patent number: 8478933
    Abstract: A method, computer management apparatus, and computer program product are provided for processing data stored on a sequential storage media within a computational computing environment. A block reference table and most often read blocks are loaded from a modified tape format of a sequential storage media into an internal memory of a sequential storage media device. During write command processing, a data deduplication procedure is performed using a modified block reference table. It is determined if entries from the block reference table must be deleted and responsive to this identifying and deleting host block and device block entries from the block reference table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nils Haustein, Stefan Neff, Ulf Troppens
  • Storage media to storage drive centric security
    Patent number: 8473701
    Abstract: A secure data system employs a storage media and a storage drive. A storage media identification key is embedded in a non-user modifiable area of the storage media and associated with data recorded on the storage media. The storage drive includes a memory having a storage drive identification key embedded therein. In operation, the storage drive allows access to the data recorded on the storage media based on a validation by the storage drive of the storage drive identification key as a function of the storage media identification key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nils Haustein, Craig A. Klein, Daniel J. Winarski
  • Optimizing Migration/Copy of De-Duplicated Data
    Publication number: 20130138883
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for optimizing migration/copying of de-duplicated data from an internal storage system to a removable storage system. A preliminary number of clusters to be generated are determined for sets of data objects stored on the internal storage system based on a number of the sets of data objects. The preliminary number of clusters is generated based on shortest distances between the sets of data objects, each cluster comprising one or more sets of data objects and each set of data objects comprising one or more chunks of data. A chosen cluster is identified from a set of clusters by identifying a cluster having a greatest number of common chunks within as few sets of data objects. Responsive to an export-size of the chosen cluster failing to exceed the available storage capacity of the removable storage system, the chosen cluster is exported to the removable storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nils Haustein, Thorsten Krause, Daniel J. Winarski
  • Optimizing Migration/Copy of De-Duplicated Data
    Publication number: 20130138902
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for optimizing migration/copying of de-duplicated data from an internal storage system to a removable storage system. A preliminary number of clusters to be generated are determined for sets of data objects stored on the internal storage system based on a number of the sets of data objects. The preliminary number of clusters is generated based on shortest distances between the sets of data objects, each cluster comprising one or more sets of data objects and each set of data objects comprising one or more chunks of data. A chosen cluster is identified from a set of clusters by identifying a cluster having a greatest number of common chunks within as few sets of data objects. Responsive to an export-size of the chosen cluster failing to exceed the available storage capacity of the removable storage system, the chosen cluster is exported to the removable storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nils Haustein, Thorsten Krause, Daniel J. Winarski