Patents by Inventor Adam Christopher GEML

Adam Christopher GEML 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).

  • Patent number: 10379747
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a hardware controller of a storage device and from a host device, a command to read data from or write data to a non-volatile memory device of the storage device. The method includes, responsive to receiving the command: initializing, by firmware executing at a processor of the hardware controller, a command to retrieve data from or write data to the non-volatile memory device; determining, by circuit logic of the hardware controller, a time indicative of when the firmware initialized the command; determining, by the circuit logic, a time indicative of when the command terminated; and storing, by the circuit logic and at a latency monitoring cache of the storage device, a timestamp associated with the time indicative of when the command was initialized and a timestamp associated with the time indicative of when the command terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark David Erickson, Adam Christopher Geml, Darin Edward Gerhart, Nicholas Edward Ortmeier
  • Patent number: 10289544
    Abstract: In some examples, a storage device includes a first non-volatile memory array configured to store data from a host device and the storage device and a second non-volatile memory array configured to store data from the storage device, wherein the second non-volatile memory array is separate from the first non-volatile memory array. The storage device also includes a controller configured to store a virtual-to-physical mapping table to the first non-volatile memory array and store a portion of the virtual-to-physical mapping table to the second non-volatile memory array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Geml, Colin Christopher McCambridge, Philip James Sanders, Lee Anton Sendelbach
  • Patent number: 10254985
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining power and performance data for each storage device of a plurality of storage devices, and adjusting, based on the power and performance data for the plurality of storage devices, a power consumption level of a particular storage device of the plurality of storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Geml, Colin Christopher McCambridge, Philip James Sanders, Lee Anton Sendelbach
  • Patent number: 10089134
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by virtual machine manager and from a virtual machine, a request for a set of namespace identifiers corresponding to a set of namespaces associated with one or more storage devices. The method also includes determining, by the virtual machine manager, one or more namespaces associated with the virtual machine from the set of namespaces associated with the one or more storage devices. The method further includes, in response to determining the one or more namespaces associated with the virtual machine, sending, by the virtual machine manager and to the virtual machine, a subset of the set of namespace identifiers, the subset of namespace identifiers corresponding to the one or more namespaces associated with the virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Geml, Colin Christopher McCambridge, Philip James Sanders, Lee Anton Sendelbach
  • Publication number: 20180024919
    Abstract: In some examples, a storage device includes a first non-volatile memory array configured to store data from a host device and the storage device and a second non-volatile memory array configured to store data from the storage device, wherein the second non-volatile memory array is separate from the first non-volatile memory array. The storage device also includes a controller configured to store a virtual-to-physical mapping table to the first non-volatile memory array and store a portion of the virtual-to-physical mapping table to the second non-volatile memory array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Geml, Colin Christopher McCambridge, Philip James Sanders, Lee Anton Sendelbach
  • Publication number: 20180004559
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by virtual machine manager and from a virtual machine, a request for a set of namespace identifiers corresponding to a set of namespaces associated with one or more storage devices. The method also includes determining, by the virtual machine manager, one or more namespaces associated with the virtual machine from the set of namespaces associated with the one or more storage devices. The method further includes, in response to determining the one or more namespaces associated with the virtual machine, sending, by the virtual machine manager and to the virtual machine, a subset of the set of namespace identifiers, the subset of namespace identifiers corresponding to the one or more namespaces associated with the virtual machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Geml, Colin Christopher McCambridge, Philip James Sanders, Lee Anton Sendelbach
  • Publication number: 20170300249
    Abstract: A storage device may include at least one memory device logically divided into a plurality of blocksets and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a command to execute a garbage collection operation on a first blockset of the plurality of blocksets. The controller may be further configured to determine, based on a validity table stored in a non-volatile memory, whether data stored at a first block of the first blockset is valid, cause the data from the first block to be written to a second block of a second blockset of the plurality of blocksets, and modify the validity table to indicate that data stored in the first block is invalid and to indicate that data stored in the second block is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Geml, Colin Christopher McCambridge, Philip James Sanders, Lee Anton Sendelbach
  • Publication number: 20170269860
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining power and performance data for each storage device of a plurality of storage devices, and adjusting, based on the power and performance data for the plurality of storage devices, a power consumption level of a particular storage device of the plurality of storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Geml, Colin Christopher McCambridge, Philip James Sanders, Lee Anton Sendelbach
  • Publication number: 20170177241
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a hardware controller of a storage device and from a host device, a command to read data from or write data to a non-volatile memory device of the storage device. The method includes, responsive to receiving the command: initializing, by firmware executing at a processor of the hardware controller, a command to retrieve data from or write data to the non-volatile memory device; determining, by circuit logic of the hardware controller, a time indicative of when the firmware initialized the command; determining, by the circuit logic, a time indicative of when the command terminated; and storing, by the circuit logic and at a latency monitoring cache of the storage device, a timestamp associated with the time indicative of when the command was initialized and a timestamp associated with the time indicative of when the command terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Mark David Erickson, Adam Christopher Geml, Darin Edward Gerhart, Nicholas Edward Ortmeier
  • Patent number: 9557922
    Abstract: Techniques for peer-to-peer Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) storage transfers are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques may be realized as a method for providing peer-to-peer storage transfers between PCIe devices including providing, in memory of a first PCIe device, a queue for data communicated between the first PCIe device and a target PCIe device, receiving, at the first PCIe device, queue memory allocation information transmitted from a host device communicatively coupled to the first PCIe device and the target PCIe device, and generating, using a computer processor of the first PCIe device, a storage command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Colin Christopher McCambridge, Christopher William Barr, Adam Christopher Geml
  • Publication number: 20160210062
    Abstract: Techniques for peer-to-peer Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) storage transfers are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques may be realized as a method for providing peer-to-peer storage transfers between PCIe devices including providing, in memory of a first PCIe device, a queue for data communicated between the first PCIe device and a target PCIe device, receiving, at the first PCIe device, queue memory allocation information transmitted from a host device communicatively coupled to the first PCIe device and the target PCIe device, and generating, using a computer processor of the first PCIe device, a storage command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Colin Christopher MCCAMBRIDGE, Christopher William BARR, Adam Christopher GEML
  • Patent number: 9304690
    Abstract: Techniques for peer-to-peer Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) storage transfers are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques may be realized as a method for providing peer-to-peer storage transfers between PCIe devices including providing, in memory of a first PCIe device, a queue for data communicated between the first PCIe device and a target PCIe device, receiving, at the first PCIe device, queue memory allocation information transmitted from a host device communicatively coupled to the first PCIe device and the target PCIe device, and generating, using a computer processor of the first PCIe device, a storage command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Colin Christopher McCambridge, Christopher William Barr, Adam Christopher Geml
  • Publication number: 20150324118
    Abstract: Techniques for peer-to-peer Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) storage transfers are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques may be realized as a method for providing peer-to-peer storage transfers between PCIe devices including providing, in memory of a first PCIe device, a queue for data communicated between the first PCIe device and a target PCIe device, receiving, at the first PCIe device, queue memory allocation information transmitted from a host device communicatively coupled to the first PCIe device and the target PCIe device, and generating, using a computer processor of the first PCIe device, a storage command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Colin Christopher MCCAMBRIDGE, Christopher William BARR, Adam Christopher GEML