Patents by Inventor Charles Patrick Schafer

Charles Patrick Schafer 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).

  • Intelligent data storage manager
    Patent number: 7114013
    Abstract: The intelligent data storage manager functions to combine the non-homogeneous physical devices contained in a data storage subsystem to create a logical device with new and unique quality of service characteristics that satisfy the criteria for the policies appropriate for the present data object. In particular, if there is presently no logical device that is appropriate for use in storing the present data object, the intelligent data storage manager defines a new logical device using existing physical and/or logical device definitions as component building blocks to provide the appropriate characteristics to satisfy the policy requirements. The intelligent data storage manager uses weighted values that are assigned to each of the presently defined logical devices to produce a best fit solution to the requested policies in an n-dimensional best fit matching algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bakke, Stephen Henry Blendermann, Steven Halladay, Steven A. Johnson, Jeffrey Steven Laughlin, George Arthur Rudeseal, Charles Patrick Schafer, Thomas David West, Michael C. Wojnar
  • Intelligent data storage manager
    Publication number: 20020032816
    Abstract: The intelligent data storage manager functions to combine the non-homogeneous physical devices contained in a data storage subsystem to create a logical device with new and unique quality of service characteristics that satisfy the criteria for the policies appropriate for the present data object. In particular, if there is presently no logical device that is appropriate for use in storing the present data object, the intelligent data storage manager defines a new logical device using existing physical and/or logical device definitions as component building blocks to provide the appropriate characteristics to satisfy the policy requirements. The intelligent data storage manager uses weighted values that are assigned to each of the presently defined logical devices to produce a best fit solution to the requested policies in an n-dimensional best fit matching algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bakke, Stephen Henry Blendermann, Steven Halladay, Steven A. Johnson, Jeffrey Steven Laughlin, George Arthur Rudeseal, Charles Patrick Schafer, Thomas David West, Michael C. Wojnar
  • Intelligent data storage manager
    Patent number: 6330621
    Abstract: The intelligent data storage manager functions to combine the non-homogeneous physical devices contained in a data storage subsystem to create a logical device with new and unique quality of service characteristics that satisfy the criteria for the policies appropriate for the present data object. In particular, if there is presently no logical device that is appropriate for use in storing the present data object, the intelligent data storage manager defines a new logical device using existing physical and/or logical device definitions as component building blocks to provide the appropriate characteristics to satisfy the policy requirements. The intelligent data storage manager uses weighted values that are assigned to each of the presently defined logical devices to produce a best fit solution to the requested policies in an n-dimensional best fit matching algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bakke, Stephen Henry Blendermann, Steven Halladay, Steven A. Johnson, Jeffrey Steven Laughlin, George Arthur Rudeseal, Charles Patrick Schafer, Thomas David West, Michael C. Wojnar