Patents by Inventor Larry S. Roy

Larry S. Roy 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).

  • Systems and methods for enabling failover support with multiple backup data storage structures
    Patent number: 10853206
    Abstract: A main data center with first and second backup data centers also has a translator for assisting a failover module of a failed server at the main data center in implementing failover of the failed server to a corresponding server at the first backup data center. The translator intercepts a command from the failover module to a store of the main data center, where the command directs the store to disable writes to particular storage space in the store associated with the failed server, but does not identify with specificity which of a store of the first data center and a store of the second data center is enabled to write to such particular storage space. Thus, the translator determines an identification of the store of the first backup data center, and modifies the command from the failover module based on the determined identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventor: Larry S. Roy
  • Systems and methods for enabling failover support with multiple backup data storage structures
    Patent number: 10140193
    Abstract: A main data center with first and second backup data centers also has a translator for assisting a failover module of a failed server at the main data center in implementing failover of the failed server to a corresponding server at the first backup data center. The translator intercepts a command from the failover module to a store of the main data center, where the command directs the store to disable writes to particular storage space in the store associated with the failed server, but does not identify with specificity which of a store of the first data center and a store of the second data center is enabled to write to such particular storage space. Thus, the translator determines an identification of the store of the first backup data center, and modifies the command from the failover module based on the determined identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Larry S. Roy
  • Systems and methods for enabling failover support with multiple backup data storage structures
    Patent number: 9417979
    Abstract: A main data center with first and second backup data centers also has a translator for assisting a failover module of a failed server at the main data center in implementing failover of the failed server to a corresponding server at the first backup data center. The translator intercepts a command from the failover module to a store of the main data center, where the command directs the store to disable writes to particular storage space in the store associated with the failed server, but does not identify with specificity which of a store of the first data center and a store of the second data center is enabled to write to such particular storage space. Thus, the translator determines an identification of the store of the first backup data center, and modifies the command from the failover module based on the determined identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Larry S. Roy
  • Systems and methods for enabling failover support with multiple backup data storage structures
    Patent number: 8843780
    Abstract: A main data center with first and second backup data centers also has a translator for assisting a failover module of a failed server at the main data center in implementing failover of the failed server to a corresponding server at the first backup data center. The translator intercepts a command from the failover module to a store of the main data center, where the command directs the store to disable writes to particular storage space in the store associated with the failed server, but does not identify with specificity which of a store of the first data center and a store of the second data center is enabled to write to such particular storage space. Thus, the translator determines an identification of the store of the first backup data center, and modifies the command from the failover module based on the determined identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Larry S. Roy
  • Systems and methods for enabling failover support with multiple backup data storage structures
    Patent number: 8281180
    Abstract: A main data center with first and second backup data centers also has a translator for assisting a failover module of a failed server at the main data center in implementing failover of the failed server to a corresponding server at the first backup data center. The translator intercepts a command from the failover module to a store of the main data center, where the command directs the store to disable writes to particular storage space in the store associated with the failed server, but does not identify with specificity which of a store of the first data center and a store of the second data center is enabled to write to such particular storage space. Thus, the translator determines an identification of the store of the first backup data center, and modifies the command from the failover module based on the determined identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Larry S. Roy