Patents by Inventor Stephen Selkirk

Stephen Selkirk 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 and method for quality of service management in a partitioned storage device or subsystem
    Publication number: 20060143315
    Abstract: A direct access storage system includes at least one disk and a controller. The at least one disk physically may be partitioned into at least one first access performance partition and at least one other access performance partition. The controller may be configured to process I/O accesses to the first access performance partition without regulation and regulate I/O accesses to the at least one other access performance partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: George Rudeseal, Robert Walsh, Stephen Selkirk
  • Canister-based storage system security
    Publication number: 20060053282
    Abstract: Security is provided for a data set stored in a data storage canister. The data set has a data size when received for storage within the canister. At least one data security operation is performed on the received data set to generate secure data having a secure data size that may be different than the set data size. The secure data is stored on at least one data storage device within the canister. Any information about the secure data size is kept from the data producer sending the data set for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Steven McCown, Stephen Selkirk, Charles Milligan, James Hughes, Jacques Debiez