Patents by Inventor Bradford E. Golson

Bradford E. Golson 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).

  • System for dynamically determining motion and reconnect thresholds of a storage media based on the effective transfer rate
    Patent number: 5872997
    Abstract: A processor (50) is connected to use information supplied by a SCSI controller (32) and a buffer manager (36) to dynamically determines a motion threshold and a reconnect threshold for a buffer memory (56) of a SCSI target device, such as a magnetic tape drive (30). The motion threshold is utilized in comparison with a buffer fill level pointer to determine when transport of the storage media (31) is to be restarted. The reconnect threshold is utilized in comparison with the buffer fill level pointer to determine when the target device can reconnect to the SCSI bus (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Exabyte Corporation
    Inventor: Bradford E. Golson