Inventor · Milford, MA, US

Douglas Sullivan

25Patents
8h-index
22Co-inventors
67Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 21, 2002 → Dec 24, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7062675B1 Data storage cache system shutdown scheme Physics 66 Expired
US7062594B1 Root complex connection system Physics 37 Expired
US7058835B1 System, method and apparatus for controlling supply of backup power to first and second power planes in the event of a power failure of a main power supply Physics 21 Expired
US7809975B2 Recovering from a storage processor failure using write cache preservation Physics 21 Active
US7089379B1 Large high bandwidth memory system Physics 20 Expired
US7849350B2 Responding to a storage processor failure with continued write caching Physics 18 Active
US8374731B1 Cooling system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US8176156B1 Server identification assignment in a distributed switched storage environment Electricity 10 Expired
US8031722B1 Techniques for controlling a network switch of a data storage system Electricity 8 Active
US6901477B2 Provision of a victim cache within a storage cache hierarchy Physics 7 Expired
US8677086B2 System for caching data Physics 6 Active
US7676694B2 Managing system components Physics 5 Active
US7716315B2 Enclosure configurable to perform in-band or out-of-band enclosure management Physics 4 Active
US7321948B1 Highly available system test mechanism Physics 4 Expired
US7279856B1 Environmental and health monitoring circuitry for storage processor I/O annex module Electricity 3 Expired
US8688934B1 Method for caching data Physics 3 Active
US7809964B1 Storage system assembly with distributed enclosure management Physics 3 Active
US8194547B1 Configuring flow control settings Electricity 2 Active
US7263569B1 Method and system for distributing power in a computer system Physics 2 Expired
US8089903B2 Method and apparatus for providing a logical separation of a customer device and a service device connected to a data storage system Electricity 1 Active
US7502992B2 Method and apparatus for detecting presence of errors in data transmitted between components in a data storage system using an I2C protocol Electricity 1 Active
US7238030B2 Multi-function expansion slots for a storage system Physics 1 Expired
US7711869B1 Method for communicating plural signals generated at a source to a remote destination through a single wire Physics 1 Active
US8639864B1 Method and system for facilitating communication between a host and downstream devices in a data storage system Physics 1 Active
US7254673B2 Provision of a victim cache within a storage cache hierarchy Physics 0 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.