Patents by Inventor Chad Seaton Mitchell

Chad Seaton Mitchell 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).

  • Apparatus, system, and method for the autonomic virtualization of a data storage server
    Patent number: 7720813
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for autonomically virtualizing a data storage server. The apparatus, system, and method include a central control hub module configured to service storage server operations between a client and one or more storage servers, a detection module configured to determine whether a set of storage conditions is satisfied, and a creation module configured to create an additional instance of a storage server in response to the set of storage conditions being satisfied. The central control hub module may also include a mapping module configured to maintain storage mappings between the client and servers and provide the storage mappings to the client. When a new server instance is created, it may include a new maintenance database instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Earle Ellsworth, Chad Seaton Mitchell, David Michael Morton, Omar Bond Vargas
  • Apparatus, system, and method for the autonomic virtualization of a data storage server
    Publication number: 20070094294
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for autonomically virtualizing a data storage server. The apparatus, system, and method include a central control hub module configured to service storage server operations between a client and one or more storage servers, a detection module configured to determine whether a set of storage conditions is satisfied, and a creation module configured to create an additional instance of a storage server in response to the set of storage conditions being satisfied. The central control hub module may also include a mapping module configured to maintain storage mappings between the client and servers and provide the storage mappings to the client. When a new server instance is created, it may include a new maintenance database instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Earle Ellsworth, Chad Seaton Mitchell, David Michael Morton, Oman Bond Vargas