Patents by Inventor Susan Marie Zak

Susan Marie Zak 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).

  • METHOD FOR SELECTIVE COMPRESSION FOR PLANNED DEGRADATION AND OBSOLENCE OF FILES
    Publication number: 20100042655
    Abstract: A system and method manages a file storage system by defining an arbitration policy, the arbitration policy defining a pre-defined usage level threshold and defining implementation priorities for a plurality of storage management mitigation actions, each storage management mitigation action defining a distinct action to be taken to reduce the usage level of the file storage system and a parameter for selecting which file or files stored in the file storage system qualify for the storage management mitigation action. If a usage level of the file storage system is greater than the pre-defined usage level threshold, a storage management mitigation action is selected from the plurality of storage management mitigation actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Francis K. Tse, Minette Ann Beabes, Ramesh Nagarajan, Susan Marie Zak