Inventor · Chapel Hill, NC, US

Mark A. O'Connell

36Patents
13h-index
34Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 23, 1995 → Apr 29, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6691209B1 Topological data categorization and formatting for a mass storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 212 Expired
US6105053A Operating system for a non-uniform memory access multiprocessor system Physics 187 Expired
US8095726B1 Associating an identifier with a content unit Physics 168 Active
US6678788B1 Data type and topological data categorization and ordering for a mass storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 139 Expired
US11025626B1 Decentralized identities for access to multiple computing resource systems Electricity 66 Active
US6922761B2 Method and system for migrating data Physics 56 Expired
US10587413B1 Decentralized identities for cross-enterprise authentication and/or authorization Electricity 47 Active
US6439997B1 Television/internet game show Physics 41 Expired
US10382202B1 Method and apparatus for federated identity and authentication services Electricity 33 Active
US7173538B2 Apparatus, system and method for monitoring a drying procedure Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US7080102B2 Method and system for migrating data while maintaining hard links Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US7403126B2 Apparatus, system and method for monitoring a drying procedure Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 14 Active
US10855758B1 Decentralized computing resource management using distributed ledger Electricity 13 Active
US10698879B1 Data management for extended multi-cloud environment Physics 8 Active
US9154296B1 Secure and anonymous distributed authentication Electricity 7 Active
US6446129B1 Method and apparatus for synchronizing function values in a multiple protocol system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6275860A Method and apparatus for synchronizing function values in a multiple protocol system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US8478936B1 Spin down of storage resources in an object addressable storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9135016B1 Methods and apparatus for managing replication of objects in a storage environment Physics 4 Active
US10353780B1 Incremental backup in a distributed block storage environment Physics 4 Active
US9998537B1 Host-side tracking of data block changes for incremental backup Physics 4 Active
US10019447B1 Methods and apparatus for managing objects in a storage environment Physics 3 Active
US10521119B1 Hybrid copying garbage collector Physics 3 Active
US6952699B2 Method and system for migrating data while maintaining access to data with use of the same pathname Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US10841079B1 Data registration-aware storage systems Physics 3 Active

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