Patents by Inventor Jeff G. Blair

Jeff G. Blair 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).

  • BCA writer serialization management
    Patent number: 7191442
    Abstract: A serialization management system consists of a job control host for assigning serial numbers to storage media, and for generating a job; a replication facility host communicatively coupled to the job control host, wherein the job control host communicates the job to the replication facility host; and a serialization writer communicatively coupled to the replication facility host, wherein the replication facility host controls the serialization writer in response to the job, and communicates status information to the job control host. In another embodiment, the invention can be characterized as method for operating the serialization management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Research Investment Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan B. Lamkin, Jeff G. Blair, Todd R. Collart
  • BCA writer serialization management
    Publication number: 20020169520
    Abstract: A serialization management system consists of a job control host for assigning serial numbers to storage media, and for generating a job; a replication facility host communicatively coupled to the job control host, wherein the job control host communicates the job to the replication facility host; and a serialization writer communicatively coupled to the replication facility host, wherein the replication facility host controls the serialization writer in response to the job, and communicates status information to the job control host. In another embodiment, the invention can be characterized as method for operating the serialization management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Allan B. Lamkin, Jeff G. Blair, Todd R. Collart