Patents by Inventor Benjamin A Mickle

Benjamin A Mickle 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).

  • Data copy management for faster reads
    Patent number: 8151068
    Abstract: Multiple copy sets of data are maintained on one or more storage devices. Each copy set includes at least some of the same data units as other sets. Different sets optionally have data units stored in different orders on the storage device(s). A particular one of the sets of data is selected as the set to be accessed in response to detecting a particular scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R Fortin, Cenk Ergan, Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy Bak, Benjamin A Mickle, Alexander Kirshenbaum
  • Compressed storage management
    Patent number: 7895242
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, compressed storage management in a system includes determining which of multiple data units stored in an uncompressed portion of the storage resource are to be compressed and stored in a compressed portion of the storage resource. The management can further include returning one or more regions of the compressed portion for use in the uncompressed portion in response to storage resource pressure in the system, as well as compacting regions in the compressed portion to fill empty gaps in the compressed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Cenk Ergan, Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy Bak, Benjamin A Mickle, Alexander Kirshenbaum, Landy Wang
  • COMPRESSED STORAGE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20090112949
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, compressed storage management in a system includes determining which of multiple data units stored in an uncompressed portion of the storage resource are to be compressed and stored in a compressed portion of the storage resource. The management can further include returning one or more regions of the compressed portion for use in the uncompressed portion in response to storage resource pressure in the system, as well as compacting regions in the compressed portion to fill empty gaps in the compressed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cenk Ergan, Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy Bak, Benjamin A Mickle, Alexander Kirshenbaum, Landy Wang