Patents by Inventor Ben Esparza

Ben Esparza 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).

  • Managing point-in-time copies for extents of data
    Patent number: 10705765
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing point-in-time copies for extents of data. A point-in-time copy for at least one range of extents in at least one volume for a point-in-time copy identifier is established. Change recording information is generated indicating each of the at least one range of extents less than all of the extents in the at least one volume. An update to data in the at least one range of extents in the point-in-time copy is received and data in the source storage in the at least one range of extents to be updated is copied as changed data to the target storage. Indication is made in the change recording information of the data in the at least one range of extents that has been updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard M. Abbott, Theresa M. Brown, Preston A. Carpenter, Ben Esparza
  • MANAGING POINT-IN-TIME COPIES FOR EXTENTS OF DATA
    Publication number: 20190087095
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing point-in-time copies for extents of data. A point-in-time copy for at least one range of extents in at least one volume for a point-in-time copy identifier is established. Change recording information is generated indicating each of the at least one range of extents less than all of the extents in the at least one volume. An update to data in the at least one range of extents in the point-in-time copy is received and data in the source storage in the at least one range of extents to be updated is copied as changed data to the target storage. Indication is made in the change recording information of the data in the at least one range of extents that has been updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Richard M. Abbott, Theresa M. Brown, Preston A. Carpenter, Ben Esparza
  • Managing point-in-time copies for extents of data
    Patent number: 10235099
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing point-in-time copies for extents of data. A point-in-time copy for at least one range of extents in at least one volume for a point-in-time copy identifier is established. Change recording information is generated indicating each of the at least one range of extents less than all of the extents in the at least one volume. An update to data in the at least one range of extents in the point-in-time copy is received and data in the source storage in the at least one range of extents to be updated is copied as changed data to the target storage. Indication is made in the change recording information of the data in the at least one range of extents that has been updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard M. Abbott, Theresa M. Brown, Preston A. Carpenter, Ben Esparza
  • Generating point-in-time copy commands for extents of data
    Patent number: 10168925
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating point-in-time copy commands for extents of data. An establish point-in-time copy command is generated for at least one range of extents in at least one volume in the source storage for a point-in-time copy identifier. The at least one range of extents comprises less than all the extents included in the at least one volume. The establish point-in-time copy command is transmitted to a point-in-time copy manager to cause the point-in-time copy manager to create a point-in-time copy for the copy point-in-time identifier and the at least one range of extents, to generate change recording information indicating each of the at least one range of extents, to copy data in the source storage to be updated as changed data, and to indicate in the change recording information the data that has been updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard M. Abbott, Theresa M. Brown, Preston A. Carpenter, Ben Esparza
  • GENERATING POINT-IN-TIME COPY COMMANDS FOR EXTENTS OF DATA
    Publication number: 20180052617
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating point-in-time copy commands for extents of data. An establish point-in-time copy command is generated for at least one range of extents in at least one volume in the source storage for a point-in-time copy identifier. The at least one range of extents comprises less than all the extents included in the at least one volume. The establish point-in-time copy command is transmitted to a point-in-time copy manager to cause the point-in-time copy manager to create a point-in-time copy for the copy point-in-time identifier and the at least one range of extents, to generate change recording information indicating each of the at least one range of extents, to copy data in the source storage to be updated as changed data, and to indicate in the change recording information the data that has been updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Richard M. Abbott, Theresa M. Brown, Preston A. Carpenter, Ben Esparza
  • MANAGING POINT-IN-TIME COPIES FOR EXTENTS OF DATA
    Publication number: 20180052616
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing point-in-time copies for extents of data. A point-in-time copy for at least one range of extents in at least one volume for a point-in-time copy identifier is established. Change recording information is generated indicating each of the at least one range of extents less than all of the extents in the at least one volume. An update to data in the at least one range of extents in the point-in-time copy is received and data in the source storage in the at least one range of extents to be updated is copied as changed data to the target storage. Indication is made in the change recording information of the data in the at least one range of extents that has been updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard M. Abbott, Theresa M. Brown, Preston A. Carpenter, Ben Esparza