Patents by Inventor Michael Thomas Solan

Michael Thomas Solan 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 storing multiple files without header information and for each storage medium maintaining a separate stored index including header information for each file
    Patent number: 5850566
    Abstract: A headerless data storage format is implemented in a library environment. The header information, otherwise stored on the data storage media, is consolidated in one or more indices of the library, thus freeing the media from header information. To export an existing storage medium from the library, the storage medium is modified to include the previously missing header information and then ejected from the library; the medium is thus compatible, as a self-sufficient unit, with other libraries or standalone data storage drives. Conversely, to import a new storage medium containing data and interspersed header information, the medium is received into the library, whereupon the header information is removed from the medium and stored in the appropriate index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Solan, Daniel James Winarski