Patents by Inventor Gary McElroy

Gary McElroy 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).

  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A SELF-DESCRIBING TAPE THAT MAINTAINS METADATA OF A NON-TAPE FILE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160203160
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for a self-describing tape that allow files stored on a tape according to a tape file system to be presented in a similar manner (e.g., to an operating system, to a network file system interface) by different instances of a second type of file system (e.g., a non-tape file system). This can include, for example, allowing a file system of the second type to consistently present files over a network file system interface as being available at the same directory path location, according to the same permissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Robert C. Sims, William H. Moody, II, Brian J. Bianchi, Charles C. Young, Jeffrey R. Stripling, Gary McElroy
  • System, method and computer program product for a self-describing tape that maintains metadata of a non-tape file system
    Patent number: 9323776
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for a self-describing tape that allow files stored on a tape according to a tape file system to be presented in a similar manner (e.g., to an operating system, to a network file system interface) by different instances of a second type of file system (e.g., a non-tape file system). This can include, for example, allowing a file system of the second type to consistently present files over a network file system interface as being available at the same directory path location, according to the same permissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: KIP CR P1 LP
    Inventors: Robert C. Sims, William H. Moody, II, Brian J. Bianchi, Charles C. Young, Jeffrey R. Stripling, Gary McElroy
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A SELF-DESCRIBING TAPE THAT MAINTAINS METADATA OF A NON-TAPE FILE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140337571
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for a self-describing tape that allow files stored on a tape according to a tape file system to be presented in a similar manner (e.g., to an operating system, to a network file system interface) by different instances of a second type of file system (e.g., a non-tape file system). This can include, for example, allowing a file system of the second type to consistently present files over a network file system interface as being available at the same directory path location, according to the same permissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Robert C. Sims, William H. Moody, II, Brian J. Bianchi, Charles C. Young, Jeffrey R. Stripling, Gary McElroy
  • System, method and computer program product for a self-describing tape that maintains metadata of a non-tape file system
    Patent number: 8832365
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for a self-describing tape that allow files stored on a tape according to a tape file system to be presented in a similar manner (e.g., to an operating system, to a network file system interface) by different instances of a second type of file system (e.g., a non-tape file system). This can include, for example, allowing a file system of the second type to consistently present files over a network file system interface as being available at the same directory path location, according to the same permissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: KIP CR P1 LP
    Inventors: Robert C. Sims, William H. Moody, II, Brian J. Bianchi, Charles C. Young, Jeffrey R. Stripling, Gary McElroy