Patents by Inventor Rex R. Walters

Rex R. Walters 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).

  • Using a control virtual disk for storage management
    Patent number: 10120700
    Abstract: Storage management is disclosed, including: causing at least a control portion of a virtual disk to be created for a virtual machine; and using the at least control portion of the virtual disk as a communication channel between the virtual machine and a storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Tintri Inc.
    Inventors: Rex R. Walters, Brandon W. Salmon
  • Virtual machine storage
    Patent number: 9535739
    Abstract: Storing data that includes receiving an indication to perform an operation with respect to data associated with a virtual machine storage abstraction; and using a meta information identifying which data stored on a storage system is associated with the virtual machine storage abstraction to perform the requested operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Tintri Inc.
    Inventors: Edward K. Lee, Kieran J. Harty, Mark G. Gritter, Rex R. Walters
  • VIRTUAL MACHINE STORAGE
    Publication number: 20160011898
    Abstract: Storing data that includes receiving an indication to perform an operation with respect to data associated with a virtual machine storage abstraction; and using a meta information identifying which data stored on a storage system is associated with the virtual machine storage abstraction to perform the requested operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Edward K. Lee, Kieran J. Harty, Mark G. Gritter, Rex R. Walters
  • Virtual machine storage
    Patent number: 9135033
    Abstract: Storing data that includes receiving an indication to perform an operation with respect to data associated with a virtual machine storage abstraction; and using a meta information identifying which data stored on a storage system is associated with the virtual machine storage abstraction to perform the requested operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Tintri Inc.
    Inventors: Edward K. Lee, Kieran J. Harty, Mark G. Gritter, Rex R. Walters