Patents by Inventor Matthew B. Ryan

Matthew B. Ryan 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).

  • System and method for distributed network data storage
    Patent number: 7085819
    Abstract: A distributed network data storage method includes receiving a data set from a client, defining a virtual device to include a plurality of device portions each on one of a plurality of network servers, parsing the data set into a plurality of data portions, and writing each of the data portions to a corresponding one of the virtual device portions. Methods are also disclosed for securely writing data to the virtual devices, and for identifying and reconstructing corrupt data. A system for implementing the data storage/retrieval method includes a plurality of network servers, each running a distributed RAID server application. The servers communicate with clients via a first network, and with each other via a second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Sigma Storage
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bright, John A. Chandy, Ericson G. Fordelon, Matthew B. Ryan
  • System and method for distributed network data storage
    Publication number: 20030120723
    Abstract: A distributed network data storage method includes receiving a data set from a client, defining a virtual device to include a plurality of device portions each on one of a plurality of network servers, parsing the data set into a plurality of data portions, and writing each of the data portions to a corresponding one of the virtual device portions. Methods are also disclosed for securely writing data to the virtual devices, and for identifying and reconstructing corrupt data. A system for implementing the data storage/retrieval method includes a plurality of network servers, each running a distributed RAID server application. The servers communicate with clients via a first network, and with each other via a second network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bright, John A. Chandy, Ericson G. Fordelon, Matthew B. Ryan