Patents by Inventor Peter K. Kirkpatrick

Peter K. 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).

  • SCHEDULING OPERATIONS FOR A STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180095788
    Abstract: A request to perform an operation at a storage device of a storage array may be received. Schedulable units of the storage device may be identified. An availability of each schedulable unit of the schedulable units of the storage device may be determined. The requested operation may be scheduled based on the availability of each of the schedulable units of the storage device. Furthermore, the requested operation may be performed at the storage device based on the scheduling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Gordon James Coleman, Peter K. Kirkpatrick, Eric D. Seppanen