Patents by Inventor Devin Borland

Devin Borland 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).

  • Reserving an area of a storage medium for a file
    Publication number: 20070022148
    Abstract: In response to receiving a first request for storage space for a file, an area of a storage medium is reserved. A data structure is stored in persistent storage to track the reserved area. A second request is subsequently received for storage space for the file. Free space in the reserved area is allocated to the file in response to the second request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: David Akers, Timothy Mark, Devin Borland
  • Converting file system metadata structure while the file system remains available
    Publication number: 20060277225
    Abstract: A system comprises software, a storage subsystem containing user data associated with file system metadata having a first metadata structure, and file system logic to convert the first metadata structure to a second, different metadata structure while the file system remains available such that the software continues to access the file system for accessing the user data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Timothy Mark, David Akers, Devin Borland, Brian Tsao
  • Devices and methods of performing direct input/output operations using information indicative of copy-on-write status
    Publication number: 20060123209
    Abstract: A file server maintains information indicative of which, if any, data stored on a storage medium, before being changed, needs to be copied to a snapshot. The file server communicates, to a client, at least a portion of the information for use by the client in determining whether to perform a direct input/output operation on the storage medium that would change data stored thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventor: Devin Borland
  • System and method for dynamci log compression in a file system
    Publication number: 20050246362
    Abstract: A method for log compression in a file system comprises receiving a log input and writing the log input to a transaction log file in a statistically-determined compression format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventor: Devin Borland