Patents by Inventor Stephen Wilbur Bowers

Stephen Wilbur Bowers 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).

  • Block-based storage device with a memory-mapped interface
    Patent number: 9116800
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for accessing a block-based storage device having a memory-mapped interface and a block interface. In one embodiment, an apparatus (e.g., block-based storage device) includes a storage array to store data and a memory-mapped interface that is coupled to the storage array. The memory-mapped interface includes memory-mapped memory space. The memory-mapped interface receives direct access requests from a host to directly access memory-mapped files. The apparatus also includes a block interface that is coupled to the storage array. The block interface receives block requests from a storage driver to access the storage array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Post, Jared Hulbert, Stephen Wilbur Bowers, Mark Leinwander
  • BLOCK-BASED STORAGE DEVICE WITH A MEMORY-MAPPED INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20150081998
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for accessing a block-based storage device having a memory-mapped interface and a block interface. In one embodiment, an apparatus (e.g., block-based storage device) includes a storage array to store data and a memory-mapped interface that is coupled to the storage array. The memory-mapped interface includes memory-mapped memory space. The memory-mapped interface receives direct access requests from a host to directly access memory-mapped files. The apparatus also includes a block interface that is coupled to the storage array. The block interface receives block requests from a storage driver to access the storage array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Samuel Post, Jared Hulbert, Stephen Wilbur Bowers, Mark Leinwander
  • Daisy chaining nonvolatile memories
    Patent number: 8700845
    Abstract: A host accessing memory devices by providing common address and command information on a parallel-connected serial bus to each of the memory devices and shifting data in the memory devices through a daisy-chain serial interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Wilbur Bowers, Joseph Douglas Edgington