Patents by Inventor Barry David Wessler

Barry David Wessler 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).

  • Network-based disk redundancy storage system and method
    Patent number: 6779082
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention described in the specification and drawings is a distributed and highly available data storage system. In one embodiment, the distributed data storage system includes a plurality of data storage units that are controlled by an object management system. The object management system preferentially selects the distributed data storage units for performing the file access requests according to the external inputs/outputs with which the file access requests are associated. In response to a file creation request that is associated with an external input of one distributed data storage unit, the object management system preferentially creates a data file in that distributed data storage unit. In response to a file retrieval request that is associated with a data file and an external output of a distributed data storage unit, the object management system preferentially returns a hostname and pathname of a copy of the data file that is stored within that distributed data storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Ulysses ESD, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric William Burger, Walter Joseph O'Connor, Andy Spitzer, Barry David Wessler
  • Network-based disk redundancy storage system and method
    Publication number: 20020144058
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention described in the specification and drawings is a distributed and highly available data storage system. In one embodiment, the distributed data storage system includes a plurality of data storage units that are controlled by an object management system. The object management system preferentially selects the distributed data storage units for performing the file access requests according to the external inputs/outputs with which the file access requests are associated. In response to a file creation request that is associated with an external input of one distributed data storage unit, the object management system preferentially creates a data file in that distributed data storage unit. In response to a file retrieval request that is associated with a data file and an external output of a distributed data storage unit, the object management system preferentially returns a hostname and pathname of a copy of the data file that is stored within that distributed data storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Eric William Burger, Walter Joseph O'connor, Andy Spitzer, Barry David Wessler