Patents by Inventor Patrick F. Donnelly

Patrick F. Donnelly 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).

  • Identifier module integrity
    Patent number: 7085857
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and arrangements enable an identifier module of a storage system to be rendered unusable upon removal from the storage system. In an exemplary identifier module implementation, the identifier module includes an identifier data space that is capable of receiving an identifier and a breakable apparatus that is adapted to break and render the identifier module unusable upon removal of the identifier module from a storage system. The identifier module may be adapted for removable attachment to the storage system. In an exemplary storage system implementation, the storage system includes one or more memory units that are capable of storing information and at least one interface that is adapted to receive an identifier module. The at least one interface includes a disrupter apparatus that is adapted to break and render unusable an identifier module upon removal of such an identifier module from the at least one interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert A. Rust, James P. Slupe, Patrick F. Donnelly, III, Richard G. Sevier
  • Identifier module integrity
    Publication number: 20040107379
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and arrangements enable an identifier module of a storage system to be rendered unusable upon removal from the storage system. In an exemplary identifier module implementation, the identifier module includes an identifier data space that is capable of receiving an identifier and a breakable apparatus that is adapted to break and render the identifier module unusable upon removal of the identifier module from a storage system. The identifier module may be adapted for removable attachment to the storage system. In an exemplary storage system implementation, the storage system includes one or more memory units that are capable of storing information and at least one interface that is adapted to receive an identifier module. The at least one interface includes a disrupter apparatus that is adapted to break and render unusable an identifier module upon removal of such an identifier module from the at least one interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Robert A. Rust, James P. Slupe, Patrick F. Donnelly, Richard G. Sevier