Patents by Inventor Brad Allen Boyer

Brad Allen Boyer 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).

  • Extent reference count update system and method
    Patent number: 8195619
    Abstract: Systems and methods for extent reference count updates are presented. In one embodiment; a reference count update method includes: receiving an indication of new reference association with an extent of a shared storage component; generating reference count update log information for a reference count update log to indicate the new reference association with an extent of a shared storage component, wherein the altering occurs inline; forwarding a successful data update indicator to initiator of activity triggering the new reference association with the extent of the shared storage component; and updating a reference count table in accordance with the information in the reference count update log, wherein the updating is included in a background process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Sunil Kumar Tekkatte Subramanya, Pramodh Pisupati, Balemurughan Kumaresan, Charles H. Silvers, Brad Allen Boyer, Ajay Purushottam Salpekar
  • EXTENT REFERENCE COUNT UPDATE SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120047115
    Abstract: Systems and methods for extent reference count updates are presented. In one embodiment; a reference count update method includes: receiving an indication of new reference association with an extent of a shared storage component; generating reference count update log information for a reference count update log to indicate the new reference association with an extent of a shared storage component, wherein the altering occurs inline; forwarding a successful data update indicator to initiator of activity triggering the new reference association with the extent of the shared storage component; and updating a reference count table in accordance with the information in the reference count update log, wherein the updating is included in a background process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: SYMANTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunil Kumar Tekkatte Subramanya, Pramodh Pisupati, Balemurughan Kumaresan, Charles H. Silvers, Brad Allen Boyer, Ajay Purushottam Salpekar