Patents by Inventor Sean P. McMillen

Sean P. McMillen 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).

  • Data object processing of storage drive buffers
    Patent number: 7558914
    Abstract: A deterministic flushing of one or more storage data objects buffered within a storage data buffer to a storage medium involves a processing of a host data object including writing a storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer, and a flushing of the storage data object(s) buffered within the storage data buffer to the storage medium prior to or subsequent to (i.e., relative to) the writing of the storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer as a function of an occurrence determination of a storage data buffer flushing event. The deterministic flushing further involves a queuing of a host data buffer meta-data update request for later processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lyn L. Ashton, Edward A. Baker, Jr., Stanley M. Kissinger, William McEwen, Sean P. McMillen, Michael R. Noel, Glenn R. Wilcock
  • Data Object Processing of Storage Drive Buffers
    Publication number: 20080077742
    Abstract: A deterministic flushing of one or more storage data objects buffered within a storage data buffer to a storage medium involves a processing of a host data object including writing a storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer, and a flushing of the storage data object(s) buffered within the storage data buffer to the storage medium prior to or subsequent to (i.e., relative to) the writing of the storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer as a function of an occurrence determination of a storage data buffer flushing event. The deterministic flushing further involves a queuing of a host data buffer meta-data update request for later processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lyn L. Ashton, Edward A. Baker, Stanley M. Kissinger, William McEwen, Sean P. McMillen, Michael R. Noel, Glenn R. Wilcock