Patents by Inventor Lourie Bryan

Lourie Bryan 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).

  • Method for efficient communication between a host library controller and a medium changer library
    Publication number: 20070162656
    Abstract: A host library controller employs a plurality of ports for establishing a plurality of communication paths from the host library controller to a medium changer library. The host library controller further employs a processor and a memory storing instructions for the processor to issue a command from a medium changer command set, and to select one or more of the ports for communicating the medium changer command to the medium changer library depending on a command processing status of each port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lourie Bryan, James Fisher, Raymond James, Kerri Shotwell