Patents by Inventor Joseph Wigglesworth

Joseph Wigglesworth 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).

  • Provisioning or de-provisioning shared or reusable storage volumes
    Publication number: 20060253658
    Abstract: There is provided a method, apparatus and program product for managing shared or reusable storage volumes in a data processing system. A storage allocation pool having a plurality of storage volumes to be shared or reused by a plurality of authorized machines is created. Access to the plurality of storage volumes in the storage allocation pool by a machine of the plurality of authorized machines is enabled during a storage provisioning period and is disabled following storage de-provisioning. By providing the storage volumes in a storage allocation pool, all storage volumes in the pool can be used by a plurality of machines, and data on the storage volumes will persist even if no machine is accessing the storage volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Arnaud Mathieu, Joseph Wigglesworth, Zhe Xu, Alice Yeung