Patents by Inventor Nicholas Lloyd

Nicholas Lloyd 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).

  • Patent number: 7216207
    Abstract: A system, program storage device, and method of optimizing data placement on a storage device, the method comprising establishing a specified time constraint for which the storage device is to delete data stored thereon; dividing a data object into a plurality of data bits; programming a block of data and the data bits with a logic operand if the storage device is incapable of deleting the data within the specified time constraint; creating an encoded block of data from the programmed block of data and the data bits; organizing the encoded block of data and the data bits in the storage device according to data deletion requirements; and removing the data bits from the storage device if the data bits are organized within a specified data deletion requirement, wherein the data bits are removed using a data shredding process, and wherein the logic operand comprises an exclusive-or (XOR) operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Lloyd Armstrong-Crews, Lawrence Yiumchee Chiu, Patrick John Cozzi, Patrick Randolph Eaton, Prasenjit Sarkar, Krishnakumar Surugucchi, Kaladhar Voruganti