Patents by Inventor Martin A. Dorey

Martin A. Dorey 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).

  • Multi-tiered filesystem
    Patent number: 9424263
    Abstract: A multi-tiered filesystem integrates multiple types of storage devices into a contiguous filesystem storage space having regions associated with two or more tiers of storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS ENGINEERING UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher J. Aston, Mark Stephen Laker, Trevor E. Willis, Neil Berrington, Martin A. Dorey, Carlo F. Garbagnati, Shmuel Shottan
  • Multi-tiered filesystem
    Patent number: 8843459
    Abstract: A multi-tiered filesystem integrates multiple types of storage devices into a contiguous filesystem storage space having regions associated with two or more tiers of storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Data Systems Engineering UK Limited
    Inventors: Christopher J. Aston, Mark Stephen Laker, Trevor E. Willis, Neil Berrington, Martin A. Dorey, Carlo F. Garbagnati, Shmuel Shottan
  • System, device, and method for managing file security attributes in a computer file storage system
    Patent number: 7421555
    Abstract: A system, device, and method for managing file security attributes in a computer file storage system generates a set of Windows file security attributes from a set of UNIX file security attributes. The set of Windows file security attributes includes a UNIX-specific SID for a UNIX name that could not be translated into a Windows name. The set of Windows file security attributes also includes a set of Windows file permissions derived from a set of UNIX file permissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: BlueArc UK Limited
    Inventor: Martin A. Dorey
  • System, device, and method for managing file security attributes in a computer file storage system
    Publication number: 20050044399
    Abstract: A system, device, and method for managing file security attributes in a computer file storage system generates a set of Windows file security attributes from a set of UNIX file security attributes. The set of Windows file security attributes includes a UNIX-specific SID for a UNIX name that could not be translated into a Windows name. The set of Windows file security attributes also includes a set of Windows file permissions derived from a set of UNIX file permissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventor: Martin Dorey