Patents by Inventor Christopher Mark Greiveldinger

Christopher Mark Greiveldinger 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 utilizing non-volatile memory in a cache
    Patent number: 9495301
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system includes a cache having one or more memories, a cache journal operable to store data associated with one or more portions of the cache, and a configuration manager operable to access the cache and the cache journal. The configuration manager is operable to determine whether the cache journal includes data associated with a first portion of the cache, and to create, in the cache journal, data associated with the first portion of the cache if the cache journal does not yet comprise data associated with the first portion of the cache. The configuration manager is also operable to determine whether the first portion of the cache is valid for use, and to communicate with a memory manager associated with the first portion of the cache regarding whether the first portion of the cache is valid for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Jason Philip Gross, Ranjit Pandit, Scott David Peterson, Phillip E. Krueger, Christopher Mark Greiveldinger
  • System and Method for Utilizing Non-Volatile Memory in a Cache
    Publication number: 20140047193
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system includes a cache having one or more memories, a cache journal operable to store data associated with one or more portions of the cache, and a configuration manager operable to access the cache and the cache journal. The configuration manager is operable to determine whether the cache journal includes data associated with a first portion of the cache, and to create, in the cache journal, data associated with the first portion of the cache if the cache journal does not yet comprise data associated with the first portion of the cache. The configuration manager is also operable to determine whether the first portion of the cache is valid for use, and to communicate with a memory manager associated with the first portion of the cache regarding whether the first portion of the cache is valid for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Jason Philip Gross, Ranjit Pandit, Scott David Peterson, Phillip E. Krueger, Christopher Mark Greiveldinger