Patents by Inventor Tracy Camp
Tracy Camp 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).
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Patent number: 10003647Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLCInventors: Ron McCabe, Robert Church, Tracy Camp, Stuart W. Card, David J. Schroeder
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Publication number: 20160134698Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Ron McCabe, Robert Church, Tracy Camp, Stuart W. Card, David J. Schroeder
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Patent number: 9270752Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLCInventors: Ron McCabe, Robert Church, Tracy Camp, Stuart W. Card, David J. Schroeder
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Publication number: 20150113095Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Ron McCabe, Robert Church, Tracy Camp, Stuart W. Card, David J. Schroeder
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Patent number: 8856202Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLCInventors: Ron McCabe, Robert Church, Tracy Camp, Stuart W. Card, David J. Schroeder
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Patent number: 8762328Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLCInventors: Ron McCabe, Robert Church, Tracy Camp, Stuart W. Card, David J. Schroeder
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Patent number: 7941501Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides local-remote role reversal, implementation of hot standby server status through a “media not ready” signal, several alternate buffer contents and buffering schemes, transactioning, many-to-one mirroring through use of “virtual” remote mirroring units, identification of frequently accessed data without application-specific knowledge but based instead on an application's logged and analyzed behavior, and use of the secondary server in a non-authoritative manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Miralink CorporationInventors: Ron McCabe, Tracy Camp
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Publication number: 20100049798Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: Miralink CorporationInventors: Ron McCabe, Robert Church, Tracy Camp, Stuart W. Card, David J. Schroeder
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Publication number: 20090313389Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: Miralink CorporationInventors: Ron McCabe, Robert Church, Tracy Camp, Stuart W. Card, David J. Schroeder
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Publication number: 20070168518Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides local-remote role reversal, implementation of hot standby server status through a “media not ready” signal, several alternate buffer contents and buffering schemes, transactioning, many-to-one mirroring through use of “virtual” remote mirroring units, identification of frequently accessed data without application-specific knowledge but based instead on an application's logged and analyzed behavior, and use of the secondary server in a non-authoritative manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2007Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: MIRALINK CORPORATIONInventors: Ron McCabe, Tracy Camp
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Patent number: 7203732Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides local-remote role reversal, implementation of hot standby server status through a “media not ready” signal, several alternate buffer contents and buffering schemes, transactioning, many-to-one mirroring through use of “virtual” remote mirroring units, identification of frequently accessed data without application-specific knowledge but based instead on an application's logged and analyzed behavior, and use of the secondary server in a non-authoritative manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2001Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Miralink CorporationInventors: Ron McCabe, Tracy Camp, Stuart W. Card, David J. Schroeder
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Publication number: 20050027892Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Applicant: Miralink CorporationInventors: Ron McCabe, Robert Church, Tracy Camp, Stuart Card, David Schroeder
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Publication number: 20020016827Abstract: Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides local-remote role reversal, implementation of hot standby server status through a “media not ready” signal, several alternate buffer contents and buffering schemes, transactioning, many-to-one mirroring through use of “virtual” remote mirroring units, identification of frequently accessed data without application-specific knowledge but based instead on an application's logged and analyzed behavior, and use of the secondary server in a non-authoritative manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2001Publication date: February 7, 2002Inventors: Ron McCabe, Tracy Camp, Stuart W. Card, David J. Schroeder