Patents by Inventor Daniel James Fillingham

Daniel James Fillingham 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).

  • Automatically reclaiming memory space
    Patent number: 8438362
    Abstract: A method, in one embodiment, can include determining whether an administrative task for a file system is to be performed within a thin storage memory array. Furthermore, if the administrative task for the file system is to be performed, a determination is made as to whether memory space is freed up while performing the administrative task. If memory space is freed up while performing the administrative task, a determination is made as to whether the freed up memory space satisfies a predefined contiguous memory space threshold. If the predefined contiguous memory space threshold is satisfied by the freed up memory space, a determination is made as to whether a memory space reclamation process is to be performed. If the memory space reclamation process is to be performed, the freed up memory space is reclaimed from the file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Anirban Mukherjee, Anindya Banerjee, Daniel James Fillingham
  • AUTOMATICALLY RECLAIMING MEMORY SPACE
    Publication number: 20110307529
    Abstract: A method, in one embodiment, can include determining whether an administrative task for a file system is to be performed within a thin storage memory array. Furthermore, if the administrative task for the file system is to be performed, a determination is made as to whether memory space is freed up while performing the administrative task. If memory space is freed up while performing the administrative task, a determination is made as to whether the freed up memory space satisfies a predefined contiguous memory space threshold. If the predefined contiguous memory space threshold is satisfied by the freed up memory space, a determination is made as to whether a memory space reclamation process is to be performed. If the memory space reclamation process is to be performed, the freed up memory space is reclaimed from the file system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: SYMANTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anirban Mukherjee, Anindya Banerjee, Daniel James Fillingham