Mark A. Reid
16Patents
9h-index
29Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 23, 1992 → Jul 18, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7991822B2 | Propagation of updates for attributes of a storage object from an owner node of the storage object to other nodes | Physics | 314 | Active |
| US5437022A | Storage controller having additional cache memory and a means for recovering from failure and reconfiguring a control unit thereof in response thereto | Physics | 96 | Expired |
| US6141731A | Method and system for managing data in cache using multiple data structures | Physics | 82 | Expired |
| US6327644A | Method and system for managing data in cache | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US6502165B1 | Balanced access to data volumes with redundant copies stored in data storage libraries | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US6477628B1 | Backup copy achieving improved efficiency by waiting until rewind/unload command for bulk data copy | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US5815656A | Method of validating memory structures in data processing systems | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US7778986B2 | Securing transfer of ownership of a storage object from an unavailable owner node to another node | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US7899895B2 | Transfer of ownership of a storage object in response to an original owner node becoming available after a period of unavailability | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US7774094B2 | Selecting a source cluster by measuring system factors, calculating a mount-to-dismount lifespan, and selecting the source cluster in response to the lifespan and a user policy | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US5426758A | Method and system for accessing data from a multi-head data processing system utilizing a transducer head switching table | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7636916B2 | Self-optimizing workload distribution among virtual storage controllers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US8280855B2 | Extended logical worm data integrity protection with unique worm identifier in header and database | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7379988B2 | Autonomic performance tuning of a distributed virtual storage server | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US8538932B2 | Extended logical worm data integrity protection with unique worm identifier in header and database | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US7536501B2 | Apparatus and method to manage one or more reserved volume serial numbers in a virtual library grid | Physics | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.