Patents by Inventor Louis R. Woodhill

Louis R. Woodhill 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).

  • Patent number: 5649196
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for the distributed management of the storage space and data on a networked computer system wherein the networked computer system includes at least two storage devices for storing data files comprised of one or more binary objects. The distributed storage management system includes a device for selectively copying the binary objects stored on one of the storage devices to another of the storage devices and another device for calculating a current value for a binary object identifier for selected binary objects stored on the storage devices wherein the calculation of the binary object identifier is based upon the actual data contents of the associated binary object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Legent Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Woodhill, Louis R. Woodhill, William Russell More, Jr., Jay Harris Berlin