Patents by Inventor Kenneth Andersen

Kenneth Andersen 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).

  • Reducing communication overhead for replica garbage collection
    Patent number: 12493606
    Abstract: The described technologies relate to efficient data collection. For instance, data collection information is generated based on a source data block and a target data block in a local data station. The data collection information is sent to a remote data station for data collection thereby based on the data collection information. In addition, data collection can be performed in the local data station based on the source data block and the target data block responsive to receiving a collection completion response from the remote data station. Since the size of the data collection information is much smaller than that of the valid data block, the amount of data sent by the local data station to other remote data stations is significantly reduced, thereby improving the performance efficiency of data collection and avoiding the impact of data collection on the storage performance of the local data station and other tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Huidong Qu, Dong Wang, Vicky Huiqin Sheng, Haoyuan Song, Kenneth Andersen
  • METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA COLLECTION
    Publication number: 20250245213
    Abstract: The described technologies relate to efficient data collection. For instance, data collection information is generated based on a source data block and a target data block in a local data station. The data collection information is sent to a remote data station for data collection thereby based on the data collection information. In addition, data collection can be performed in the local data station based on the source data block and the target data block responsive to receiving a collection completion response from the remote data station. Since the size of the data collection information is much smaller than that of the valid data block, the amount of data sent by the local data station to other remote data stations is significantly reduced, thereby improving the performance efficiency of data collection and avoiding the impact of data collection on the storage performance of the local data station and other tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Huidong Qu, Dong Wang, Vicky Huiqin Sheng, Haoyuan Song, Kenneth Andersen
  • Security tag deactivation system
    Patent number: 6476720
    Abstract: A method for tracking deactivation of security devices being associated with items to be sold, each of the items being associated with a tracking identifier. The method includes determining a number of security tag deactivations which should occur using select ones of the identifiers and determining a number of actual security tag deactivations which occurred. The method then compares the number of actual security tag deactivations to the number of security tag deactivations which should have occurred, and generates an output when the comparing results in an inconsistency therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: ATS Money Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Andersen, Gerard F. Murphy, Vance Daddi
  • Security tag deactivation system
    Publication number: 20020011933
    Abstract: A method for tracking deactivation of security devices being associated with items to be sold, each of the items being associated with a tracking identifier. The method includes determining a number of security tag deactivations which should occur using select ones of the identifiers and determining a number of actual security tag deactivations which occurred. The method then compares the number of actual security tag deactivations to the number of security tag deactivations which should have occurred, and generates an output when the comparing results in an inconsistency therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Kenneth Andersen, Gerard F. Murphy, Vance Daddi
  • Security tag deactivation system
    Patent number: 6333692
    Abstract: A method for tracking deactivation of security devices being associated with items to be sold, each of the items being associated with a tracking identifier. The method includes determining a number of security tag deactivations which should occur using select ones of the identifiers and determining a number of actual security tag deactivations which occurred. The method then compares the number of actual security tag deactivations to the number of security tag deactivations which should have occurred, and generates an output when the comparing results in an inconsistency therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: ATS Money Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Andersen, Gerard F. Murphy, Vance Daddi