Inventor · Mansfield, MA, US

John T. Fitzgerald

39Patents
21h-index
46Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 28, 1995 → Jul 29, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.