Patents by Inventor William R. Tracey

William R. Tracey 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).

  • Publication number: 20160217289
    Abstract: A system for controlling hard drive data change is disclosed which comprises a hard drive having a first volume and a second volume, the first volume for storing data of a first type, the second volume for storing data of a second type, the hard drive being connected to a computer system which restarts the hard drive and an application for running on the computer system for determining whether data of the second type is attempting to change data of the first type to store data of the second type in the second volume, for determining whether data of the second type has been stored in the second volume, and for erasing data of the second type that has been stored in the second volume when the hard drive is restarted by the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: William R. Tracey, Qin Zhang, John Modica
  • Patent number: 9390275
    Abstract: A system for controlling hard drive data change is disclosed which comprises a hard drive having a first volume and a second volume, the first volume for storing data of a first type, the second volume for storing data of a second type, the hard drive being connected to a computer system which restarts the hard drive and an application for running on the computer system for determining whether data of the second type is attempting to change data of the first type to store data of the second type in the second volume, for determining whether data of the second type has been stored in the second volume, and for erasing data of the second type that has been stored in the second volume when the hard drive is restarted by the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Centurion Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: William R. Tracey, Qin Zhang, John Modica