Inventor · Tucson, AZ, US

Colin S. Dawson

57Patents
13h-index
41Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 31, 1998 → Jan 8, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7567188B1 Policy based tiered data deduplication strategy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 197 Active
US9904717B2 Replication of data objects from a source server to a target server Physics 170 Active
US9910904B2 Replication of data objects from a source server to a target server Physics 167 Active
US7533181B2 Apparatus, system, and method for data access management Electricity 126 Active
US6857053B2 Method, system, and program for backing up objects by creating groups of objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 96 Expired
US7747577B2 Management of redundant objects in storage systems Physics 56 Active
US6311213A System and method for server-to-server data storage in a network environment Physics 52 Expired
US6615225B1 System and method for relating files in a distributed data storage environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US8131669B2 Management of redundant objects in storage systems Physics 45 Active
US7062541B1 System and method for transferring related data objects in a distributed data storage environment Physics 43 Expired
US6389543B1 System and method for command routing and execution in a multiprocessing system Electricity 27 Expired
US6230198A Server-to-server event logging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6347330B1 Dynamic selective distribution of events to server receivers Electricity 21 Expired
US8775390B2 Managing dereferenced chunks in a deduplication system Physics 12 Active
US7403949B2 Elimination of redundant objects in storage systems Physics 12 Active
US8838529B2 Applying replication rules to determine whether to replicate objects Physics 12 Active
US6886019B1 Optimized selection and accessing of stored files to avoid mount and position thrashing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US7899189B2 Apparatus, system, and method for transparent end-to-end security of storage data in a client-server environment Electricity 8 Active
US8738575B2 Data recovery in a hierarchical data storage system Physics 7 Active
US8874532B2 Managing dereferenced chunks in a deduplication system Physics 6 Active
US7181647B2 Error tracking method and system Physics 5 Expired
US7363454B2 Storage pool space allocation across multiple locations Physics 5 Expired
US7610291B2 Logical grouping and management of redundant objects in storage systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8347151B2 Error tracking method and system Physics 5 Active
US7774462B2 Apparatus, system, and method for establishing an agency relationship to perform delegated computing tasks Physics 5 Active

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