John T. Fitzgerald
39Patents
21h-index
46Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 28, 1995 → Jul 29, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6209059A | Method and apparatus for the on-line reconfiguration of the logical volumes of a data storage system | Physics | 183 | Expired |
| US8825964B1 | Adaptive integration of cloud data services with a data storage system | Physics | 172 | Active |
| US8498417B1 | Automation of coordination of encryption keys in a SAN based environment where an encryption engine, device management, and key management are not co-located | Electricity | 72 | Active |
| US6055603A | Method and apparatus for performing pre-request operations in a cached disk array storage system | Physics | 71 | Expired |
| US8005227B1 | Key information consistency checking in encrypting data storage system | Electricity | 59 | Active |
| US8588425B1 | Encryption key recovery in the event of storage management failure | Physics | 51 | Active |
| US6098149A | Method and apparatus for extending commands in a cached disk array | Physics | 49 | Expired |
| US8010810B1 | Techniques for protecting data using an electronic encryption endpoint device | Electricity | 46 | Active |
| US6009535A | SCSI adaptor failover for a disk drive system | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US7165152B2 | Method and apparatus for managing access to storage devices in a storage system with access control | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US8566549B1 | Synchronizing performance requirements across multiple storage platforms | Physics | 35 | Active |
| US9176677B1 | Virtual provisioning space reservation | Electricity | 34 | Active |
| US6311256A | Command insertion and reordering at the same storage controller | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US8600943B1 | Porting replication relationships | Physics | 32 | Active |
| US8468180B1 | Porting storage metadata | Physics | 31 | Active |
| US9002904B1 | Handling hibernation of a process on a storage device | Physics | 28 | Active |
| US5742789A | Dynamically adaptive data retrieval for a disk drive storage system | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US9524220B1 | Memory optimization for configuration elasticity in cloud environments | Physics | 25 | Active |
| US9830278B1 | Tracking replica data using key management | Electricity | 25 | Active |
| US8799681B1 | Redundant array of encrypting disks | Physics | 23 | Active |
| US7260636B2 | Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized access by a network device | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US8190921B1 | Methodology for vaulting data encryption keys with encrypted storage | Physics | 21 | Active |
| US7502898B2 | Method and apparatus for managing access to storage devices in a storage system with access control | Electricity | 19 | Active |
| US9571278B1 | Encryption key recovery in the event of storage management failure | Physics | 18 | Active |
| US6311257A | Method and system for allocating memory for a command queue | Physics | 18 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.