Patents by Inventor James Michael Reuter

James Michael Reuter 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).

  • Data mirroring using a virtual connection
    Patent number: 8903766
    Abstract: In a storage system, at least three storage sites are arranged in a full mirroring relationship using a virtual connection between instances of a storage group on two of the sites whereby no user data is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Padovano, Michael G. Byrnes, Charles E. Christian, Jr., Laura Clemens, Rodger Daniels, Donald R. Fraser, Deborah Levinson, James Michael Reuter, Susan Spence, Christopher Stroberger
  • Providing a capacitor-based power supply to enable backup copying of data from volatile storage to persistent storage
    Patent number: 8009499
    Abstract: A system includes a volatile storage, a persistent storage, a capacitor-based power supply, and a controller coupled to the capacitor-based power supply. The controller detects interruption of main power, and in response to detecting the interruption of main power, begins backup copying of data from the volatile storage to the persistent storage. After beginning the backup copying of data, the controller checks whether the main power has resumed prior to depletion of the capacitor-based power supply. In response to detecting that main power has resumed prior to depletion of the capacitor-based power supply, the controller resumes operation using content of the volatile storage without restoring data from the persistent storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: James Michael Reuter, Lukas Lloyd Wardensky
  • Providing A Capacitor-based Power Supply To Enable Backup Copying Of Data From Volatile Storage To Persistent Storage
    Publication number: 20100080057
    Abstract: A system includes a volatile storage, a persistent storage, a capacitor-based power supply, and a controller coupled to the capacitor-based power supply. The controller detects interruption of main power, and in response to detecting the interruption of main power, begins backup copying of data from the volatile storage to the persistent storage. After beginning the backup copying of data, the controller checks whether the main power has resumed prior to depletion of the capacitor-based power supply. In response to detecting that main power has resumed prior to depletion of the capacitor-based power supply, the controller resumes operation using content of the volatile storage without restoring data from the persistent storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: James Michael Reuter, Lukas Lloyd Wardensky