Patents by Inventor Christopher August Shaffer

Christopher August Shaffer 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 and method for maintaining solvency within a cache
    Patent number: 9549037
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system includes a cache including one or more memories and a cache manager. The cache manager is able to determine an amount of accessible data for a portion of the cache associated with the cache manager; compare the amount of accessible data to a threshold value; determine, for one or more clients associated with the cache manager, an amount of releasable data if the amount of accessible data exceeds the threshold value; communicate, to one or more clients associated with the cache manager, the amount of releasable data for the client; receive from one or more clients associated with the cache manager information associated with data released by the one or more clients; and determine an amount of data released by the one or more clients associated with the cache manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Phillip E. Krueger, Christopher August Shaffer
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING DATA IN A CACHE
    Publication number: 20160239417
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system includes a cache having one or more memories and a cache manager. The cache manager is able to receive a request to write data to a first portion of the cache, write the data to the first portion of the cache, update a first map corresponding to the first portion of the cache, receive a request to read data from the first portion of the cache, read from a storage communicatively linked to the computing system data according to the first map, and update a second map corresponding to the first portion of the cache. The cache manager may also be able to write data to the storage according to the first map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Scott David Peterson, Christopher August Shaffer, Phillip E. Krueger
  • System and method for updating data in a cache
    Patent number: 9367480
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system includes a cache having one or more memories and a cache manager. The cache manager is able to receive a request to write data to a first portion of the cache, write the data to the first portion of the cache, update a first map corresponding to the first portion of the cache, receive a request to read data from the first portion of the cache, read from a storage communicatively linked to the computing system data according to the first map, and update a second map corresponding to the first portion of the cache. The cache manager may also be able to write data to the storage according to the first map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Scott David Peterson, Christopher August Shaffer, Phillip E. Krueger
  • System and Method for Maintaining Solvency Within a Cache
    Publication number: 20140047062
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system includes a cache including one or more memories and a cache manager. The cache manager is able to determine an amount of accessible data for a portion of the cache associated with the cache manager; compare the amount of accessible data to a threshold value; determine, for one or more clients associated with the cache manager, an amount of releasable data if the amount of accessible data exceeds the threshold value; communicate, to one or more clients associated with the cache manager, the amount of releasable data for the client; receive from one or more clients associated with the cache manager information associated with data released by the one or more clients; and determine an amount of data released by the one or more clients associated with the cache manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Phillip E. Krueger, Christopher August Shaffer
  • System and Method for Updating Data in a Cache
    Publication number: 20140047181
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system includes a cache having one or more memories and a cache manager. The cache manager is able to receive a request to write data to a first portion of the cache, write the data to the first portion of the cache, update a first map corresponding to the first portion of the cache, receive a request to read data from the first portion of the cache, read from a storage communicatively linked to the computing system data according to the first map, and update a second map corresponding to the first portion of the cache. The cache manager may also be able to write data to the storage according to the first map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Scott David Peterson, Christopher August Shaffer, Phillip E. Krueger