Patents by Inventor Ian Stuart Duncan

Ian Stuart Duncan 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).

  • Utilization of unused disk space on networked computer
    Patent number: 6886032
    Abstract: A plurality of computers in a network each have a processor and a non-volatile data storage device such as a hard disk, a raid array, or the like. Each data storage device is divided into a first data storage area and a second data storage area. The first data storage area is reserved for use by at least one processor to which it is assigned, whereas the second data storage area is hidden from use by the file system of the computer, and is used to store replicated data of other ones of the plurality of computer entities. In the event of failure of any one of the data storage devices, data can be recovered from the second data storage areas of the other data storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Robert Watkins, Graeme Hogg, Alastair Michael Slater, Ian Stuart Duncan
  • Utilization of unused disk space on networked computers
    Patent number: 6865598
    Abstract: A plurality of computers in a network each have a processor and a non-volatile data storage device such as a hard disk, a raid array, or the like. Each data storage device is divided into a first data storage area and a second data storage area. The first data storage area is reserved for use by at least one processor to which it is assigned, whereas the second data storage area is hidden from use by the file system of the computer, and is used to store replicated data of other ones of the plurality of computer entities. In the event of failure of any one of the data storage devices, data can be recovered from the second data storage areas of the other data storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Robert Watkins, Graeme Hogg, Alastair Michael Slater, Ian Stuart Duncan
  • Utilization of unused disk space on networked computers
    Publication number: 20020046360
    Abstract: A plurality of computers in a network (503-505) each have a processor and a non-volatile data storage device (500-502) such as a hard disk, a raid array, or the like. Each data storage device is divided into a first data storage area (203-205) and a second data storage area (509-511). The first data storage area is reserved for use by at least one processor to which it is assigned, whereas the second data storage area is hidden from use by the file system of the computer, and is used to store replicated data of other ones of the plurality of computer entities. In the event of failure of any one of the data storage devices, data can be recovered from the second data storage areas of the other data storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Robert Watkins, Graeme Hogg, Alastair Michael Slater, Ian Stuart Duncan
  • Utilization of unused disk space on networked computer
    Publication number: 20020015336
    Abstract: A plurality of computers in a network (503-505) each have a processor and a non-volatile data storage device (500-502) such as a hard disk, a raid array, or the like. Each data storage device is divided into a first data storage area (203-205) and a second data storage area (509-511). The first data storage area is reserved for use by at least one processor to which it is assigned, whereas the second data storage area is hidden from use by the file system of the computer, and is used to store replicated data of other ones of the plurality of computer entities. In the event of failure of any one of the data storage devices, data can be recovered from the second data storage areas of the other data storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Robert Watkins, Graeme Hogg, Alastair Michael Slater, Ian Stuart Duncan