Patents by Inventor Brian S. Foster

Brian S. Foster 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).

  • Patent number: 8769196
    Abstract: A method is used for configuring I/O cache. A file system and a disk volume are identified. The file system is mounted on the disk volume. A cache mapper logical volume is created in response to a cache creation request. A cache volume is dynamically created from an existing cache storage unit, where the cache mapper logical volume is mounted on the disk volume and the cache volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Vamsikrishna Sadhu, Brian S. Foster, Brian R. Gruttadauria, Joseph T. Frank, Suresh Kumar Kalidindi