Patents by Inventor Trenton P. Rambo

Trenton P. Rambo 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).

  • Interfaces that facilitate solid state storage configuration
    Patent number: 8447916
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to storage configuration. In aspects, an interface is used to discover the existence, capacity, and characteristics of solid state storage. This information may be provided to a user or storage management process which may use the information to configure the solid state storage. When appropriate, bus bandwidth to the solid state storage as well as bandwidth to memory components of the solid state storage may be configured. Configuration and re-configuration may be performed automatically according to one or more policies maintained locally or remotely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Trenton P. Rambo, Sean Nicholas McGrane
  • Storage Configuration
    Publication number: 20110202790
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to storage configuration. In aspects, an interface is used to discover the existence, capacity, and characteristics of solid state storage. This information may be provided to a user or storage management process which may use the information to configure the solid state storage. When appropriate, bus bandwidth to the solid state storage as well as bandwidth to memory components of the solid state storage may be configured. Configuration and re-configuration may be performed automatically according to one or more policies maintained locally or remotely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Trenton P. Rambo, Sean Nicholas McGrane