Patents by Inventor Dancil C. Strickland

Dancil C. Strickland 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).

  • Object storage
    Patent number: 8626793
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided that may include determining, at least in part, by a device comprised, at least in part, in storage, whether to request that the storage perform, at least in part, at least one operation. The at least one operation may involve, at least in part, at least one object stored in the storage. The determining may be based, at least in part, upon metadata associated with the at least one object. The metadata may be stored in the storage, and may indicate an earliest permitted deletion time for the at least one object and/or a latest permitted access time for the at least one object. Of course, many modifications, variations, and alternatives are possible without departing from this embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Donald F. Cameron, Dancil C. Strickland
  • OBJECT STORAGE
    Publication number: 20100145995
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided that may include determining, at least in part, by a device comprised, at least in part, in storage, whether to request that the storage perform, at least in part, at least one operation. The at least one operation may involve, at least in part, at least one object stored in the storage. The determining may be based, at least in part, upon metadata associated with the at least one object. The metadata may be stored in the storage, and may indicate an earliest permitted deletion time for the at least one object and/or a latest permitted access time for the at least one object. Of course, many modifications, variations, and alternatives are possible without departing from this embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Donald F. Cameron, Dancil C. Strickland
  • Method and apparatus for managing access to stored objects based on retention policy
    Patent number: 7680864
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided that may include determining, at least in part, by a device comprised, at least in part, in storage, whether to request that the storage perform, at least in part, at least one operation. The at least one operation may involve, at least in part, at least one object stored in the storage. The determining may be based, at least in part, upon metadata associated with the at least one object. The metadata may be stored in the storage, and may indicate an earliest permitted deletion time for the at least one object and/or a latest permitted access time for the at least one object. Of course, many modifications, variations, and alternatives are possible without departing from this embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Donald F. Cameron, Dancil C. Strickland
  • Object storage
    Publication number: 20040249841
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided that may include determining, at least in part, by a device comprised, at least in part, in storage, whether to request that the storage perform, at least in part, at least one operation. The at least one operation may involve, at least in part, at least one object stored in the storage. The determining may be based, at least in part, upon metadata associated with the at least one object. The metadata may be stored in the storage, and may indicate an earliest permitted deletion time for the at least one object and/or a latest permitted access time for the at least one object. Of course, many modifications, variations, and alternatives are possible without departing from this embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Donald F. Cameron, Dancil C. Strickland