Patents by Inventor Jonathan Conrad Lord

Jonathan Conrad Lord 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).

  • Storage system
    Patent number: 6263454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to storage systems for computer data and relates particularly to diagnosis of errors and status monitoring of such a system. The invention provides a system for storing computer data in which different error messages are generated according to how many times a specified low-level error has occurred. In the particular embodiment, different combinations of error messages are generated according to how many times a particular low-level error has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Stephen Gold, Jonathan Conrad Lord, Philip John Turner
  • Storage system with procedure for monitoring low level status codes, deriving high level status codes based thereon and taking appropriate remedial actions
    Patent number: 6058494
    Abstract: A controller of a storage system for computer data enables diagnosis of errors and status monitoring of the storage system. The controller is enabled to categorize errors according to severity and to analyze low-level errors so as to trigger a combination of high level error conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Stephen Gold, Jonathan Conrad Lord, Philip John Turner