Patents by Inventor Chris Robert Franklin

Chris Robert Franklin 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).

  • Method and computer program product to increase I/O write performance in a redundant array
    Patent number: 7730257
    Abstract: A method and related computer program product for achieving high performance I/O write rates in a redundant array using a fully recoverable communication queue stored in NVRAM on a RAID controller comprising, receiving an I/O write request from an application, determining if the I/O request is an inline write command, writing inline write commands into a command queue stored in NVRAM, notifying the application generating the I/O request of command completion and requesting the operating system for further I/Os.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Chris Robert Franklin