Patents by Inventor Michael P. Fleischmann

Michael P. Fleischmann 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 device performance monitor
    Patent number: 7120832
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring performance of a storage device. Preferably, the apparatus is embodied in computer readable program code. The apparatus and method may intercept communications between a computer system and the storage device, wherein the communications are compared to a threshold value and/or a predicted failure of the storage device. The apparatus and method may also respond to a decline in the performance of the storage device based on the analyzed communications, and preferably prior to the predicted failure thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin Collins, Michael P. Fleischmann
  • Storage device performance monitor
    Publication number: 20030061546
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring performance of a storage device. Preferably, the apparatus is embodied in computer readable program code. The apparatus and method may intercept communications between a computer system and the storage device, wherein the communications are compared to a threshold value and/or a predicted failure of the storage device. The apparatus and method may also respond to a decline in the performance of the storage device based on the analyzed communications, and preferably prior to the predicted failure thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin Collins, Michael P. Fleischmann