Patents by Inventor Kai Alan Gahn Asher

Kai Alan Gahn Asher 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).

  • Managing encryption for volumes in storage pools
    Patent number: 7660959
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for managing encryption for volumes in storage pools. At least one storage pool is defined in a database, wherein storage pools are defined to include a plurality of data volumes, wherein each volume is included in at least one storage media. An encryption status is indicated for storage pools indicating whether encryption is enabled for the storage pool. An encryption key is provided for volumes included in storage pools for which encryption is indicated as enabled. The encryption keys for volumes included in the storage pools for which encryption is enabled are stored. The database associates the encryption keys with the volumes and the volumes with the storage pools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kai Alan Gahn Asher, David Maxwell Cannon, Erick Christian Kissel, Toby Lyn Marek
  • Method for transferring data among a logical layer, physical layer, and storage device
    Patent number: 7512135
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transferring data among a logical layer, physical layer, and storage device. The logical layer allocates a buffer to use to write data to a storage device. The physical layer manages access to the storage device. The logical layer determines an offset into the buffer based on a length of a physical header written by the physical layer and writes data to the buffer from the determined offset. The physical layer writes physical header information, wherein the physical header information does not extend past the offset in the buffer. The physical layer transfers content from the buffer to the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Angtin, Kai Alan Gahn Asher, David Maxwell Cannon, Erick Christian Kissel
  • MANAGING ENCRYPTION FOR VOLUMES IN STORAGE POOLS
    Publication number: 20080082835
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for managing encryption for volumes in storage pools. At least one storage pool is defined in a database, wherein storage pools are defined to include a plurality of data volumes, wherein each volume is included in at least one storage media. An encryption status is indicated for storage pools indicating whether encryption is enabled for the storage pool. An encryption key is provided for volumes included in storage pools for which encryption is indicated as enabled. The encryption keys for volumes included in the storage pools for which encryption is enabled are stored. The database associates the encryption keys with the volumes and the volumes with the storage pools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai Alan Gahn Asher, David Maxwell Cannon, Erick Christian Kissel, Toby Lyn Marek