Patents by Inventor Wayne D. Tolliver

Wayne D. Tolliver 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 and apparatus for controlling load operations of a data storage cartridge that has been subjected to a shock event
    Patent number: 8830621
    Abstract: A removable data storage cartridge has a shock sense indicator attached to its housing. The indicator includes a sensing structure that reacts to a shock event over a specified threshold. The invention indicates a physical shock event upon appropriate inquiry by the reader mechanism. Upon detecting that a shocked data storage cartridge has been loaded into a data storage library, the library and/or data storage drive alerts the operator and/or system administrator and moves the shocked cartridge to a quarantine pool to prevent damage to the data storage drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Shocksense Enterprises, LLC
    Inventor: Wayne D. Tolliver
  • Method and apparatus for controlling load operations of a data storage cartridge that has been subjected to a shock event
    Publication number: 20130128384
    Abstract: A removable data storage cartridge has a shock sense indicator attached to its housing. The indicator includes a sensing structure that reacts to a shock event over a specified threshold. The invention indicates a physical shock event upon appropriate inquiry by the reader mechanism. Upon detecting that a shocked data storage cartridge has been loaded into a data storage library, the library and/or data storage drive alerts the operator and/or system administrator and moves the shocked cartridge to a quarantine pool to prevent damage to the data storage drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Wayne D. Tolliver