David W. Thiel
28Patents
17h-index
29Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 22, 1979 → Feb 11, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5390327A | Method for on-line reorganization of the data on a RAID-4 or RAID-5 array in the absence of one disk and the on-line restoration of a replacement disk | Physics | 441 | Expired |
| US6665815B1 | Physical incremental backup using snapshots | Physics | 369 | Expired |
| US5504858A | Method and apparatus for preserving data integrity in a multiple disk raid organized storage system | Physics | 223 | Expired |
| US5546536A | Log for selective management of specific address in a shadow storage system | Physics | 130 | Expired |
| US6745207B2 | System and method for managing virtual storage | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 126 | Expired |
| US5488716A | Fault tolerant computer system with shadow virtual processor | Physics | 125 | Expired |
| US7197665B2 | Physical incremental backup using snapshots | Physics | 118 | Expired |
| US6775790B2 | Distributed fine-grained enhancements for distributed table driven I/O mapping | Physics | 108 | Expired |
| US5522031A | Method and apparatus for the on-line restoration of a disk in a RAID-4 or RAID-5 array with concurrent access by applications | Physics | 78 | Expired |
| US5239637A | Digital data management system for maintaining consistency of data in a shadow set | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US5386524A | System for accessing information in a data processing system | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US6718404B2 | Data migration using parallel, distributed table driven I/O mapping | Physics | 48 | Expired |
| US7366868B2 | Generating updated virtual disks using distributed mapping tables accessible by mapping agents and managed by a centralized controller | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US5210865A | Transferring data between storage media while maintaining host processor access for I/O operations | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US5247618A | Transferring data in a digital data processing system | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US5581690A | Method and apparatus for preventing the use of corrupt data in a multiple disk raid organized storage system | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US5519849A | Method of reducing the complexity of an I/O request to a RAID-4 or RAID-5 array | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6961838B2 | Generating updated virtual disks using distributed mapping tables accessible by mapping agents and managed by a centralized controller | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5386514A | Queue apparatus and mechanics for a communications interface architecture | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US4290013A | Method of and apparatus for electrical short testing and the like | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US7269631B2 | Architecture for parallel distributed table driven I/O mapping | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US7720928B2 | Centralized fine-grained enhancements for distributed table driven I/O mapping | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US5657471A | Dual addressing arrangement for a communications interface architecture | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US8020035B2 | Expander circuit for a solid state persistent storage device that provides a plurality of interfaces to corresponding storage controllers | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US6192460A | Method and apparatus for accessing data in a shadow set after a failed data operation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.