Patents by Inventor Daniel F. Ozone

Daniel F. Ozone 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).

  • Methods and systems for improved virtual data storage management
    Patent number: 7769931
    Abstract: The capacity of a data storage management system may be increased with disclosed methods and systems. One method may increase the capacity of a data storage management system that polls a plurality of monitored elements in a data storage environment. The method includes creating a flag for a poll request and associating a first value for the flag with a first subset of the plurality of monitored elements. The method further includes interpreting a first poll request that includes the first value for the flag as directed to the first subset and interpreting a second poll request that does not include the first value for the flag as not directed to the first subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond Anthony Angelone, Eric Duen, Karunaker Chinthapatla, Norman Kevin Elrod, Daniel F. Ozone, Vinh Herring Phan, Ritesh Shukla
  • Apparatus and method for storage and playback of video images and audio messages in multipoint videoconferencing
    Patent number: 5990933
    Abstract: In a multipoint control unit for conferencing audiovisual terminals, conference participants are greeted with audio and video welcome messages and then placed in an automated queue. The automated queue is a holding queue from which a conference operator can select the next available conference participant in the queue and conduct a subconference. Apparatus in the multipoint control unit includes a memory for storing video data and a processor coupled to the memory for controlling playback of the video data to a connected terminal during conference setup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: VideoServer, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel F. Ozone, Christopher L. Dischino, Nelson Shen, Vilas V. Bhade, Tak Szeto, Brittain S. McKinley, Peter J. Donovan, Daniel E. Zeck, Charles F. Sharkey
  • Apparatus and method for storage and playback of video images and audio messages in multipoint videoconferencing
    Patent number: 5886734
    Abstract: In a multipoint control unit for conferencing audiovisual terminals, conference participants are greeted with audio and video welcome messages and then placed in an automated queue. The automated queue is a holding queue from which a conference operator can select the next available conference participant in the queue and conduct a subconference. Apparatus in the multipoint control unit includes a memory for storing video data and a processor coupled to the memory for controlling playback of the video data to a connected terminal during conference setup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: VideoServer, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel F. Ozone, Christopher L. Dischino, Nelson Shen, Vilas V. Bhade, Tak Szeto, Brittain S. McKinley, Peter J. Donovan, Daniel E. Zeck, Charles F. Sharkey