Patents by Inventor Craig R. Ruff

Craig R. Ruff 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).

  • Mass storage system for file-systems
    Patent number: 5566331
    Abstract: The mass storage system functions to archive, store, retrieve and manage the plurality of data files that comprise a typical file-system as a single uninterpreted bitfile. Client data processors access this file-system on a shared, channel-attached direct access storage device the same as if the file-system was located on a directly attached direct access storage device belonging exclusively to the client data processor. The direct access storage devices, archival storage devices and the client data processors which move the file-system bitfile between archival storage devices, direct access storage devices for access by the client data processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
    Inventors: Basil L. Irwin, Jr., David L. Kitts, Craig R. Ruff, John L. Sloan