Patents by Inventor Sonja C. Hickey

Sonja C. Hickey 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 storage system and method using storage profiles to define and modify storage pools
    Patent number: 8156281
    Abstract: A method and system for allocating storage in a data storage system using one or more storage profiles. A set of storage profiles are provided that each has a set of parameters with values defined for the data storage system and for particular client applications. The method includes receiving a selection of one of the storage profiles, such as from an administrative user interface generated by a storage manager running in conjunction with the data storage system. The selected storage profile is then applied to the data storage system to allocate a portion of the data storage system to a storage pool which is defined by the values of the set of parameters in the selected storage profile. The method includes creating a user-defined storage profile by copying parameters from one of the provided storage profiles and allowing a user to modify or accept the parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Grosner, Sonja C. Hickey, Gaurav Chawla, Richard C. Barlow, Mark A. Parenti