Patents by Inventor Ian Wharton

Ian Wharton 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).

  • Virtual media changers
    Patent number: 9483213
    Abstract: A virtual tape system utilizes multiple virtual tape libraries. Some virtual elements of the virtual tape libraries are connected elements, such as virtual import/export slots, that logically connect two or more virtual tape libraries. Virtual media changers of the virtual tape libraries can be commanded, as if physical media changers, to virtually move virtual media, such as virtual tapes, within and among the virtual tape libraries. By moving a virtual medium to a connected element, the virtual medium can be virtually moved from one virtual tape library to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Wharton, Pradeep Vincent