Patents by Inventor Kirk L. Reistroffer

Kirk L. Reistroffer 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).

  • Virtual disk utility
    Patent number: 10191917
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a method comprising, by one or more computing devices, installing an application on a portion of a physical disk system of a first platform, virtualizing the portion of the physical disk system into a virtual disk system, comprising, storing data in the portion of the physical disk system in a database of the virtual disk system, providing an interface to access the data stored in the database, and providing a plurality sets of drivers for a plurality of platforms, wherein each set of drivers supports native operations with respect to the portion of the physical disk system on a different one of the plurality of platforms, mounting the virtual disk system on a second platform, and executing the application on the second platform, wherein all operations in connection with executing the application are contained within the virtual disk system mounted on the second platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Quest Software Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Kacin, Kirk L. Reistroffer, Michael R. Gray
  • VIRTUAL DISK UTILITY
    Publication number: 20160203162
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a method comprising, by one or more computing devices, installing an application on a portion of a physical disk system of a first platform, virtualizing the portion of the physical disk system into a virtual disk system, comprising, storing data in the portion of the physical disk system in a database of the virtual disk system, providing an interface to access the data stored in the database, and providing a plurality sets of drivers for a plurality of platforms, wherein each set of drivers supports native operations with respect to the portion of the physical disk system on a different one of the plurality of platforms, mounting the virtual disk system on a second platform, and executing the application on the second platform, wherein all operations in connection with executing the application are contained within the virtual disk system mounted on the second platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Kacin, Kirk L. Reistroffer, Michael R. Gray
  • Virtual disk utility
    Patent number: 9323778
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a method comprising, by one or more computing devices, installing an application on a portion of a physical disk system of a first platform, virtualizing the portion of the physical disk system into a virtual disk system, comprising, storing data in the portion of the physical disk system in a database of the virtual disk system, providing an interface to access the data stored in the database, and providing a plurality sets of drivers for a plurality of platforms, wherein each set of drivers supports native operations with respect to the portion of the physical disk system on a different one of the plurality of platforms, mounting the virtual disk system on a second platform, and executing the application on the second platform, wherein all operations in connection with executing the application are contained within the virtual disk system mounted on the second platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Martin Kacin, Kirk L. Reistroffer, Michael R. Gray
  • Virtual Disk Utility
    Publication number: 20120259900
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a method comprising, by one or more computing devices, installing an application on a portion of a physical disk system of a first platform, virtualizing the portion of the physical disk system into a virtual disk system, comprising, storing data in the portion of the physical disk system in a database of the virtual disk system, providing an interface to access the data stored in the database, and providing a plurality sets of drivers for a plurality of platforms, wherein each set of drivers supports native operations with respect to the portion of the physical disk system on a different one of the plurality of platforms, mounting the virtual disk system on a second platform, and executing the application on the second platform, wherein all operations in connection with executing the application are contained within the virtual disk system mounted on the second platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Martin Kacin, Kirk L. Reistroffer, Michael R. Gray