Patents by Inventor Martin Harriman

Martin Harriman 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).

  • Storage Utilization Determinations in Cloud-Based Storage Systems
    Publication number: 20240152275
    Abstract: Determining effective space utilization in a storage system, including: identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with a user-visible entity; identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity; and reporting, in dependence upon the an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with the user-visible entity and the amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity, a total capacity utilization associated with the user-visible entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: MATTHEW FAY, JOHN COLGROVE, MARTIN HARRIMAN
  • Determining storage capacity utilization based on deduplicated data
    Patent number: 11836349
    Abstract: Determining effective space utilization in a storage system, including: identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with a user-visible entity; identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity; and reporting, in dependence upon the an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with the user-visible entity and the amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity, a total capacity utilization associated with the user-visible entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Fay, John Colgrove, Martin Harriman
  • Calculating Storage Consumption In A Storage-As-A-Service Model
    Publication number: 20230325094
    Abstract: Calculating storage consumption in a storage-as-a-service model, including: identifying a data object stored in a pool of storage resources, wherein the pool of storage resources are accessible by a plurality of entities and the data object occupies an amount of storage capacity within the pool of storage resources; attributing to each entity a fractional portion of the amount of storage capacity occupied by the data object; and calculating, in dependence upon the fractional portion of the amount of storage capacity occupied by the data object and attributed to a particular entity, a storage cost for the particular entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: CARY SANDVIG, JIANTING CAO, MARTIN HARRIMAN, JOHN HAYES
  • Tracking storage consumption in a storage array
    Patent number: 11586359
    Abstract: Attributing consumed storage capacity among entities storing data in a storage array includes: identifying a data object stored in the storage array and shared by a plurality of entities, where the data object occupies an amount of storage capacity of the storage array; and attributing to each entity a fractional portion of the amount of storage capacity occupied by the data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Jianting Cao, Martin Harriman, John Hayes, Cary Sandvig
  • Determining Storage Capacity Utilization Based On Deduplicated Data
    Publication number: 20230023279
    Abstract: Determining effective space utilization in a storage system, including: identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with a user-visible entity; identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity; and reporting, in dependence upon the an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with the user-visible entity and the amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity, a total capacity utilization associated with the user-visible entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: MATTHEW FAY, JOHN COLGROVE, MARTIN HARRIMAN
  • Determining capacity consumption in a deduplicating storage system
    Patent number: 11474701
    Abstract: Determining effective space utilization in a storage system, including: identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with a user-visible entity; identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity; and reporting, in dependence upon the an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with the user-visible entity and the amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity, a total capacity utilization associated with the user-visible entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Fay, John Colgrove, Martin Harriman
  • Reporting capacity utilization in a storage system
    Patent number: 10942650
    Abstract: Determining effective space utilization in a storage system, including: identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with a user-visible entity; identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity; and reporting, in dependence upon the an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with the user-visible entity and the amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity, a total capacity utilization associated with the user-visible entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Fay, John Colgrove, Martin Harriman
  • Determining capacity utilization in a deduplicating storage system
    Patent number: 10866744
    Abstract: Attributing consumed storage capacity among entities storing data in a storage array includes: identifying a data object stored in the storage array and shared by a plurality of entities, where the data object occupies an amount of storage capacity of the storage array; and attributing to each entity a fractional portion of the amount of storage capacity occupied by the data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianting Cao, Martin Harriman, John Hayes, Cary Sandvig
  • Determining effective space utilization in a storage system
    Patent number: 10521151
    Abstract: Determining effective space utilization in a storage system, including: identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with a user-visible entity; identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity; and reporting, in dependence upon the amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with the user-visible entity and the amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity, a total capacity utilization associated with the user-visible entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Fay, John Colgrove, Martin Harriman
  • Capacity attribution in a storage system
    Patent number: 10310753
    Abstract: Attributing consumed storage capacity among entities storing data in a storage array includes: identifying a data object stored in the storage array and shared by a plurality of entities, where the data object occupies an amount of storage capacity of the storage array; and attributing to each entity a fractional portion of the amount of storage capacity occupied by the data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianting Cao, Martin Harriman, John Hayes, Cary Sandvig
  • Calculating capacity utilization in a storage system
    Patent number: 10082971
    Abstract: Attributing consumed storage capacity among entities storing data in a storage array includes: identifying a data object stored in the storage array and shared by a plurality of entities, where the data object occupies an amount of storage capacity of the storage array; and attributing to each entity a fractional portion of the amount of storage capacity occupied by the data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianting Cao, Martin Harriman, John Hayes, Cary Sandvig
  • Determining storage capacity to be made available upon deletion of a shared data object
    Patent number: 9804779
    Abstract: Attributing consumed storage capacity among entities storing data in a storage array includes: identifying a data object stored in the storage array and shared by a plurality of entities, where the data object occupies an amount of storage capacity of the storage array; and attributing to each entity a fractional portion of the amount of storage capacity occupied by the data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianting Cao, Martin Harriman, John Hayes, Cary Sandvig
  • Attributing Consumed Storage Capacity Among Entities Storing Data In A Storage Array
    Publication number: 20170075586
    Abstract: Attributing consumed storage capacity among entities storing data in a storage array includes: identifying a data object stored in the storage array and shared by a plurality of entities, where the data object occupies an amount of storage capacity of the storage array; and attributing to each entity a fractional portion of the amount of storage capacity occupied by the data object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jianting Cao, Martin Harriman, John Hayes, Cary Sandvig
  • Attributing consumed storage capacity among entities storing data in a storage array
    Patent number: 9594512
    Abstract: Attributing consumed storage capacity among entities storing data in a storage array includes: identifying a data object stored in the storage array and shared by a plurality of entities, where the data object occupies an amount of storage capacity of the storage array; and attributing to each entity a fractional portion of the amount of storage capacity occupied by the data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianting Cao, Martin Harriman, John Hayes, Cary Sandvig