Patents by Inventor Kennith F. Day, III

Kennith F. Day, III 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 and method for mapping directly accessible magnetic DASD storage to fixed block optical storage
    Patent number: 5530819
    Abstract: A computer installation is programmed for storing data in a magnetic disk DASD (direct access storage device) in the form of a track number identified by DASD cylinder number (CC) and DASD head number (HH). A re-writable, multi-disk optical storage which stores information in a fixed-block architecture including a sequence of sectors having the form of spirals on optical disk surfaces is enabled to emulate magnetic DASD by calculation-based conversion of storage references to magnetic DASD tracks to fixed-block optical sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kennith F. Day, III, William D. LaMear, Jr., Edward R. Morse
  • System and method for mapping directly accessible magnetic DASD storage to fixed block optical storage
    Patent number: 5465382
    Abstract: A computer installation is programmed for storing data in a magnetic disk DASD (direct access storage device) in the form of a track number identified by DASD cylinder number (CC) and DASD head number (HH). A re-writable, multi-disk optical storage which stores information in a fixed-block architecture including a sequence of sectors having the form of spirals on optical disk surfaces is enabled to emulate magnetic DASD by calculation-based conversion of storage references to magnetic DASD tracks to fixed-block optical sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kennith F. Day, III, William D. Lamear, Jr., Edward R. Morse