Patents by Inventor Forrest E. Townsend

Forrest E. Townsend 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).

  • Automated storage target selection for data backup
    Patent number: 10983871
    Abstract: In one embodiment, automated storage target selection includes automatically selecting a storage node of a plurality of candidate storage nodes as a function of a plurality of selection criteria. Further, a backup data object is transmitted to the selected storage node. In one embodiment, selecting a storage node includes retrieving stored user-defined parameters for selection criteria for selecting a storage node, retrieving storage node-defined parameters for selection criteria, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters, and selecting a storage node as a function of the comparing. In another aspect of the present description, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters includes broadening a first user-defined parameter to a second user-defined parameter broader than the first user-defined parameter if no candidate storage nodes have a storage node-defined parameter within the first user-defined parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Errol J. Calder, Trent T. Cooper, James J. Fagan, Richard T. Solsten, III, Forrest E. Townsend
  • AUTOMATED STORAGE TARGET SELECTION FOR DATA BACKUP
    Publication number: 20190243722
    Abstract: In one embodiment, automated storage target selection includes automatically selecting a storage node of a plurality of candidate storage nodes as a function of a plurality of selection criteria. Further, a backup data object is transmitted to the selected storage node. In one embodiment, selecting a storage node includes retrieving stored user-defined parameters for selection criteria for selecting a storage node, retrieving storage node-defined parameters for selection criteria, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters, and selecting a storage node as a function of the comparing. In another aspect of the present description, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters includes broadening a first user-defined parameter to a second user-defined parameter broader than the first user-defined parameter if no candidate storage nodes have a storage node-defined parameter within the first user-defined parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Errol J. Calder, Trent T. Cooper, James J. Fagan, Richard T. Solsten, III, Forrest E. Townsend
  • Automated storage target selection for data backup
    Patent number: 10318390
    Abstract: In one embodiment, automated storage target selection includes automatically selecting a storage node of a plurality of candidate storage nodes as a function of a plurality of selection criteria. Further, a backup data object is transmitted to the selected storage node. In one embodiment, selecting a storage node includes retrieving stored user-defined parameters for selection criteria for selecting a storage node, retrieving storage node-defined parameters for selection criteria, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters, and selecting a storage node as a function of the comparing. In another aspect of the present description, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters includes broadening a first user-defined parameter to a second user-defined parameter broader than the first user-defined parameter if no candidate storage nodes have a storage node-defined parameter within the first user-defined parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Errol J. Calder, Trent T. Cooper, James J. Fagan, Richard T. Solsten, III, Forrest E. Townsend
  • AUTOMATED STORAGE TARGET SELECTION FOR DATA BACKUP
    Publication number: 20180011643
    Abstract: In one embodiment, automated storage target selection includes automatically selecting a storage node of a plurality of candidate storage nodes as a function of a plurality of selection criteria. Further, a backup data object is transmitted to the selected storage node. In one embodiment, selecting a storage node includes retrieving stored user-defined parameters for selection criteria for selecting a storage node, retrieving storage node-defined parameters for selection criteria, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters, and selecting a storage node as a function of the comparing. In another aspect of the present description, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters includes broadening a first user-defined parameter to a second user-defined parameter broader than the first user-defined parameter if no candidate storage nodes have a storage node-defined parameter within the first user-defined parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Errol J. Calder, Trent T. Cooper, James J. Fagan, Richard T. Solsten, III, Forrest E. Townsend