Inventor · Lowell, MA, US

Philip E. Tamer

25Patents
16h-index
33Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 19, 1996 → Sep 14, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6542909B1 System for determining mapping of logical objects in a computer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 368 Expired
US6035412A RDF-based and MMF-based backups Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 187 Expired
US6385706B1 Apparatus and methods for copying a logical object to a primary storage device using a map of storage locations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 128 Expired
US6385626B1 Method and apparatus for identifying changes to a logical object based on changes to the logical object at physical level Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 116 Expired
US6282602A Method and apparatus for manipulating logical objects in a data storage system Physics 85 Expired
US5852715A System for currently updating database by one host and reading the database by different host for the purpose of implementing decision support functions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Expired
US6564219B1 Method and apparatus for obtaining an identifier for a logical unit of data in a database Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US6938059B2 System for determining the mapping of logical objects in a data storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US6329985A Method and apparatus for graphically displaying mapping of a logical object Physics 55 Expired
US5943689A On-demand initialization of memory locations as they are requested command Physics 48 Expired
US7127556B2 Method and apparatus for initializing logical objects in a data storage system Physics 48 Expired
US7383294B1 System for determining the mapping of logical objects in a data storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Active
US6393540B1 Moving a logical object from a set of source locations to a set of destination locations using a single command Physics 29 Expired
US8352439B1 Database verification following database write Physics 26 Active
US6993530B2 Method and apparatus for obtaining an identifier for a logical unit of data in a database Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6983353B2 Method and apparatus for enhancing operations in disk array storage devices Physics 16 Expired
US7395283B1 Method and apparatus for making independent data copies in a data processing system Physics 14 Expired
US6883063B2 Method and apparatus for initializing logical objects in a data storage system Physics 11 Expired
US6842810B1 Restricted access devices Physics 11 Expired
US7478026B1 Application programming interface simulator for a data storage system Physics 9 Expired
US8589513B1 Remote mirroring of group name services Physics 8 Active
US6574703B1 Initializing selected extents of a storage device Physics 8 Expired
US7254752B1 Protecting database records against a failed write operation Physics 3 Expired
US7627619B1 Data verification following database write Physics 2 Expired
US8832163B1 Techniques for determining logical data objects corresponding to physical storage locations Physics 1 Active

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