Patents by Inventor Pete Kirkpatrick

Pete Kirkpatrick 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).

  • Efficient garbage collection for stable data
    Patent number: 10540095
    Abstract: A storage controller coupled to a storage array comprising one or more storage devices performs a uniform sampling of data storage items in an append-only file system to identify a sample set and identifies at least two data storage item groups based on an age of the data storage items. The storage controller performs a garbage collection process on the append-only file system to identify stale data storage items in a first logical storage segment and active data storage items in the first logical storage segment and writes a first active data storage item associated with a first group of the two data storage item groups from the first logical storage segment to a second logical storage segment, the second logic storage segment comprising other active data storage items associated with the first group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Huihui Cheng, Gunjan Dang, Michael Goldsby, Yanwei Jiang, Aswin Karumbunathan, Pete Kirkpatrick, Naveen Neelakantam, Neil Buda Vachharajani, Junming Zhu
  • Optical transponder module with dual board flexible circuit
    Patent number: 7309173
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an XFP optical transponder module includes a dual board flexible circuit. In embodiments, the dual board flexible circuit includes two printed circuit boards coupled together via a connector. In one embodiment, the connector is a flexible printed circuit. In an alternative embodiment, the connector is a plug-socket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Epitaux, Pete Kirkpatrick
  • Optical transponder module with dual board flexible circuit
    Publication number: 20060291785
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an XFP optical transponder module includes a dual board flexible circuit. In embodiments, the dual board flexible circuit includes two printed circuit boards coupled together via a connector. In one embodiment, the connector is a flexible printed circuit. In an alternative embodiment, the connector is a plug-socket assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Marc Epitaux, Pete Kirkpatrick