Patents by Inventor Kenneth Merry

Kenneth Merry 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).

  • System for archival storage of data
    Publication number: 20070079086
    Abstract: A secondary storage system for maintaining data units transferred from a primary storage system is provided. The secondary storage system includes secondary storage media. Not all of the secondary storage media are powered on at the same time. The secondary storage media includes at least one storage medium that is always in the powered-on mode. Metadata is stored in one or more of at least the one storage medium in the powered-on mode. The metadata includes at least one attribute of a data unit stored in a secondary storage medium that is in the lower power mode of operation than at least the one storage medium that is always in the powered-on mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: COPAN Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: You Wang, Steven Hartung, Kenneth Merry, Thomas Gabrysch