Inventor · Loveland, CO, US

Michael E. Bappe

38Patents
17h-index
46Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 27, 2006 → Jul 13, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8140821B1 Efficient read/write algorithms and associated mapping for block-level data reduction processes Physics 433 Active
US7904681B1 Methods and systems for migrating data with minimal disruption Physics 233 Active
US8438315B1 Techniques for non-disruptive upgrade Physics 210 Active
US9229656B1 Managing settings and queries in host-based data migration Physics 174 Active
US8156306B1 Systems and methods for using thin provisioning to reclaim space identified by data reduction processes Physics 137 Active
US7809912B1 Methods and systems for managing I/O requests to minimize disruption required for data migration Physics 136 Active
US7890664B1 Methods and apparatus for non-disruptive upgrade by redirecting I/O operations Physics 135 Active
US8751828B1 Sharing encryption-related metadata between multiple layers in a storage I/O stack Physics 128 Active
US9160526B1 Sharing encryption-related metadata between a host and an external intermediate device Physics 78 Active
US8416954B1 Systems and methods for accessing storage or network based replicas of encrypted volumes with no additional key management Electricity 75 Active
US8166314B1 Selective I/O to logical unit when encrypted, but key is not available or when encryption status is unknown Physics 54 Active
US8261068B1 Systems and methods for selective encryption of operating system metadata for host-based encryption of data at rest on a logical unit Physics 47 Active
US8204980B1 Storage array network path impact analysis server for path selection in a host-based I/O multi-path system Physics 31 Active
US8819307B1 Identification and use of preferred path groups in host computer based on differential performance Electricity 21 Active
US8332612B1 Systems and methods for using thin provisioning to reclaim space identified by data reduction processes Physics 20 Active
US8966281B1 Systems and methods for accessing storage or network based replicas of encryped volumes with no additional key management Electricity 18 Active
US7962567B1 Systems and methods for disabling an array port for an enterprise Electricity 17 Active
US8190784B1 In-band transport mechanism for carrying communications among functional components of a storage I/O interface stack Physics 16 Active
US8918537B1 Storage array network path analysis server for enhanced path selection in a host-based I/O multi-path system Electricity 15 Active
US7536503B1 Methods and systems for preserving disk geometry when migrating existing data volumes Physics 14 Active
US8826041B1 In-band detection mechanism for detecting intermediate layer in a storage I/O driver stack Physics 12 Active
US8775861B1 Non-disruptive storage device migration in failover cluster environment Physics 12 Active
US8621121B1 Detecting bogus IOs in a multipathing driver Physics 10 Active
US8332613B1 Methods and systems for managing I/O requests to minimize disruption required for data encapsulation and de-encapsulation Physics 10 Active
US7689786B1 Techniques for overriding device reservations Physics 10 Active

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