Patents by Inventor Richard Ira Butterfield

Richard Ira Butterfield 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).

  • Single repository manifestation of a multi-repository system
    Patent number: 9690811
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for manifesting a multiple repository system as a single repository to an application that is designed to use a single repository. According to one aspect, a particular container, which is used by the application to store data, is identified. One or more additional containers are created in one or more different repositories. Each of the additional containers is formatted to store the data that the application stores in the particular container. A construct is created. The construct is associated with the particular container's identifier. The construct causes information from the particular container and each of the additional containers to be combined to answer database commands that reference the particular container's identifier. As a result, data stored in a single repository can be distributed among multiple repositories, and the unmodified application can continue to access that data as though the data was stored in the single repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Roger Bodamer, Ziyad Mohammad Dahbour, Bruce Alec Templeton, Richard Ira Butterfield
  • Single repository manifestation of a multi-repository system
    Patent number: 8392439
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for manifesting a multiple repository system as a single repository to an application that is designed to use a single repository. According to one aspect, a particular container, which is used by the application to store data, is identified. One or more additional containers are created in one or more different repositories. Each of the additional containers is formatted to store the data that the application stores in the particular container. A construct is created. The construct is associated with the particular container's identifier. The construct causes information from the particular container and each of the additional containers to be combined to answer database commands that reference the particular container's identifier. As a result, data stored in a single repository can be distributed among multiple repositories, and the unmodified application can continue to access that data as though the data was stored in the single repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Roger Bodamer, Ziyad Mohammad Dahbour, Bruce Alec Templeton, Richard Ira Butterfield
  • Single Repository Manifestation Of A Multi-Repository System
    Publication number: 20110231398
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for manifesting a multiple repository system as a single repository to an application that is designed to use a single repository. According to one aspect, a particular container, which is used by the application to store data, is identified. One or more additional containers are created in one or more different repositories. Each of the additional containers is formatted to store the data that the application stores in the particular container. A construct is created. The construct is associated with the particular container's identifier. The construct causes information from the particular container and each of the additional containers to be combined to answer database commands that reference the particular container's identifier. As a result, data stored in a single repository can be distributed among multiple repositories, and the unmodified application can continue to access that data as though the data was stored in the single repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Roger Bodamer, Ziyad Mohammad Dahbour, Bruce Alec Templeton, Richard Ira Butterfield