Patents by Inventor Scott Michael Horan

Scott Michael Horan 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).

  • Synchronizing storage of data copies in a dispersed storage network
    Patent number: 9727427
    Abstract: A method begins with storage units receiving a request to transfer a copy of a set of encoded data slices from two or more source virtual storage vaults to a destination virtual storage vault. The method continues with each storage unit obtaining a slice transfer map and determining whether the storage unit supports one of the two or more source virtual storage vaults. For each supporting storage unit, the method continues with each supporting storage unit determining, based on the slice transfer map, a sub-set of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices that is stored within the one of the two or more source virtual storage vaults by the supporting storage unit. The method continues with the supporting storage unit sending the sub-set of encoded data slices to a corresponding storage unit that is supporting the destination virtual storage vault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Michael Gray, Greg Dhuse, Andrew Baptist, Ravi Khadiwala, Wesley Leggette, Scott Michael Horan, Franco Vincent Borich, Bart Cilfone, Daniel Scholl
  • SYNCHRONIZING STORAGE OF DATA COPIES IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160188218
    Abstract: A method begins with storage units receiving a request to transfer a copy of a set of encoded data slices from two or more source virtual storage vaults to a destination virtual storage vault. The method continues with each storage unit obtaining a slice transfer map and determining whether the storage unit supports one of the two or more source virtual storage vaults. For each supporting storage unit, the method continues with each supporting storage unit determining, based on the slice transfer map, a sub-set of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices that is stored within the one of the two or more source virtual storage vaults by the supporting storage unit. The method continues with the supporting storage unit sending the sub-set of encoded data slices to a corresponding storage unit that is supporting the destination virtual storage vault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: CLEVERSAFE, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Michael Gray, Greg Dhuse, Andrew Baptist, Ravi Khadiwala, Wesley Leggette, Scott Michael Horan, Franco Vincent Borich, Bart Cilfone, Daniel Scholl