Inventor · Durham, NC, US

Eric Hamilton

32Patents
15h-index
15Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 10, 2003 → Nov 12, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7933936B2 Method and system for automatic management of storage space Physics 232 Active
US7996636B1 Uniquely identifying block context signatures in a storage volume hierarchy Physics 139 Active
US7409494B2 Extension of write anywhere file system layout Physics 117 Expired
US7562203B2 Storage defragmentation based on modified physical address and unmodified logical address Physics 82 Active
US7752180B1 File system group consistency point Physics 36 Active
US7401093B1 System and method for managing file data during consistency points Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US7243207B1 Technique for translating a pure virtual file system data stream into a hybrid virtual volume Physics 26 Expired
US7321962B1 Technique for translating a hybrid virtual volume file system into a pure virtual file system data stream Physics 24 Active
US7979402B1 System and method for managing file data during consistency points Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Active
US7734888B1 Capacity guarantees in a storage system Physics 23 Expired
US7506111B1 System and method for determining a number of overwitten blocks between data containers Physics 18 Expired
US8271724B1 Controlling write request access to a non-volatile log Physics 16 Active
US8156163B1 Storage server cluster implemented in and operating concurrently with a set of non-clustered storage servers Physics 16 Active
US7664791B1 Concurrent creation of persistent point-in-time images of multiple independent file systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US7979395B1 Method and system for determining reclaimable space occupied by a set of snapshots Physics 15 Active
US7467169B2 Circular and bi-directional mirroring of flexible volumes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US7370143B1 Controlling write request access to a non-volatile log Physics 13 Active
US7783611B1 System and method for managing file metadata during consistency points Physics 12 Expired
US7562189B2 Write-in-place within a write-anywhere filesystem Physics 12 Active
US8095730B1 System and method for providing space availability notification in a distributed striped volume set Physics 11 Active
US7984085B1 Rate of change of data using on-the-fly accounting Physics 10 Active
US7797489B1 System and method for providing space availability notification in a distributed striped volume set Physics 10 Active
US7194595B1 Technique for translating a hybrid virtual volume file system into a pure virtual file system data stream Physics 9 Expired
US7721062B1 Method for detecting leaked buffer writes across file system consistency points Physics 8 Expired
US7636744B1 System and method for flexible space reservations in a file system supporting persistent consistency point images Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired

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