Patents by Inventor Robert Giffords

Robert Giffords 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).

  • Storage system performance metric comparison methods, storage system performance monitoring systems, data storage systems, and articles of manufacture
    Patent number: 6988054
    Abstract: Storage system performance metric comparison methods, storage system performance monitoring systems, data storage systems, articles of manufacture, and data signals are described. According to one aspect, a storage system performance metric comparison method includes accessing first performance metric data comprising a plurality of data values with respect to a first storage system configured to store digital data, accessing second performance metric data comprising a plurality of data values with respect to a second storage system configured to store digital data, establishing a common representation format for the first performance metric data and the second performance metric data, arranging at least some of the data values of the first performance metric data according to the common representation format, and arranging at least some of the data values of the second performance metric data according to the common representation format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Robert Giffords
  • Storage system performance metric comparison methods, storage system performance monitoring systems, data storage systems, articles of manufacture, and data signals
    Publication number: 20040102925
    Abstract: Storage system performance metric comparison methods, storage system performance monitoring systems, data storage systems, articles of manufacture, and data signals are described. According to one aspect, a storage system performance metric comparison method includes accessing first performance metric data comprising a plurality of data values with respect to a first storage system configured to store digital data, accessing second performance metric data comprising a plurality of data values with respect to a second storage system configured to store digital data, establishing a common representation format for the first performance metric data and the second performance metric data, arranging at least some of the data values of the first performance metric data according to the common representation format, and arranging at least some of the data values of the second performance metric data according to the common representation format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Robert Giffords