Patents by Inventor Robert L. Cordingley

Robert L. Cordingley 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).

  • Method and apparatus for synchronously transferring data from a local storage medium to a remote storage medium, and method and system for managing transfer of data from a source storage medium to a repository storage medium
    Publication number: 20040158582
    Abstract: A method for synchronously transferring an amount of local data from a local data storage medium to a remote data storage medium via a communications link having an available bandwidth is provided. The method includes: evaluating local user conditions associated with transfer of the local data; based on the available bandwidth and the amount of local data, approximating a transfer time for the local data; based on the approximated transfer time, the local user conditions, and a status of the local processor, selecting a time to transmit the local data to the remote data storage medium; and automatically arranging transfer of the local data to the remote data storage medium via the communications link at the selected time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Shuichi Takagi, Craig A. Willis, Robert L. Cordingley