Patents by Inventor Dean P. Kinard

Dean P. Kinard 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).

  • Outboard back-up and recovery system with transfer of randomly accessible data sets between cache and host and cache and tape simultaneously
    Patent number: 4755928
    Abstract: A host connected outboard back-up and recovery system has a tape drive connected to a plural port solid-state cache memory which, in turn, is connected to a disk drive. Data to be backed-up can first be copied from the disk drive to the cache and then from the cache to the tape drive in back-up operations, so that the relative speeds of the disk drive and the tape need not be matched. An outboard controller controls flow of the data between the disk drive and the tape drive and additionally controls storage of the data on the tape, so that host computer involvement is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Billy D. Johnson, P. David Dodd, Dean P. Kinard
  • Adaptive domain partitioning of cache memory space
    Patent number: 4503501
    Abstract: A method of operation of a memory array for storage of records of differing predetermined sizes is disclosed which features division of the array into domains which are substantially integral multiples of the predetermined record sizes. In a preferred embodiment the domain allocation may be varied adaptively in accordance with usage so as to enable more efficient use of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Coulson, Ronald L. Blickenstaff, P. David Dodd, Robert J. Moreno, Dean P. Kinard
  • Adaptive domain partitioning of cache memory space
    Patent number: 4430712
    Abstract: A method of operation of a memory array for storage of records of differing predetermined sizes is disclosed which features division of the array into domains which are substantially integral multiples of the predetermined record sizes. In a preferred embodiment the domain allocation may be varied adaptively in accordance with usage so as to enable more fully efficient use of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Coulson, Ronald L. Blickenstaff, P. David Dodd, Robert J. Moreno, Dean P. Kinard