Patents by Inventor Ken Jeffries

Ken Jeffries 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).

  • Taking in-use computer drives offline for testing
    Patent number: 6272442
    Abstract: A method and system to enable extended testing of computer system drives that allows concurrent processing of input/output requests directed at the physical drive being tested, the computer system having a plurality of drives, a drive testing program stored in the computer's memory, and a drive exchange program stored in the computer's memory. The drive exchange program includes the steps of a) copying information and writes from a drive to be tested to a spare drive, b) logically replacing the drive to be tested with the spare drive, c) interfacing with the drive testing program, and d) allowing the drive testing program to test the drive to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Dell USA, L.P.
    Inventor: Ken Jeffries