Inventor · Beaverton, OR, US

Robert B. Basham

73Patents
15h-index
93Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 24, 1994 → May 17, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7289885B2 Dual purpose media drive providing control path to shared robotic device in automated data storage library Physics 56 Expired
US6785078B2 Concurrent read and write access to simulated sequential data of a removable random access data storage medium Physics 55 Expired
US6519678B1 Virtualization of data storage drives of an automated data storage library Physics 53 Expired
US6339810B1 Serial data storage system with automatically adjusted data protection to implement worm media with limited overwrite allowing write appending Physics 50 Expired
US6425059B1 Data storage library with library-local regulation of access to shared read/write drives among multiple hosts Physics 46 Expired
US7676702B2 Preemptive data protection for copy services in storage systems and applications Physics 44 Active
US6636778B2 Allocation of data storage drives of an automated data storage library Physics 42 Expired
US6779080B2 Serial data storage system with automatically adjusted data protection to implement worm media with limited overwrite allowing write appending Physics 33 Expired
US5757571A Flexible-capacity scaling for efficient access of ordered data stored on magnetic tape media Physics 29 Expired
US6286079A Interruptible inventory of a mass data storage library Physics 21 Expired
US6349356B2 Host-available device block map for optimized file retrieval from serpentine tape drives Physics 20 Expired
US6430645B1 Fibre channel and SCSI address mapping for multiple initiator support Physics 19 Expired
US7756958B2 Intelligent discovery of network information from multiple information gathering agents Electricity 19 Active
US5969893A Tape pre-formatting with uniform data storage segments selectively mapped to fixed or variable sized independently addressable data storage partitions Physics 16 Expired
US8019851B2 Intelligent discovery of network information from multiple information gathering agents Electricity 16 Active
US7409442B2 Method for communicating control messages between a first device and a second device Electricity 15 Expired
US6182167A Automatic sharing of SCSI multiport device with standard command protocol in conjunction with offline signaling Physics 13 Expired
US6674603B2 Decreased load time by storing cassette initialization information Physics 13 Expired
US6434090B1 Automated data storage library with control path to shared robotic device via media drive Physics 12 Expired
US6571304B1 Control system for using memory on cartridges to overcome tape drive problems Physics 11 Expired
US8508185B2 Charging management method and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7016982B2 Virtual controller with SCSI extended copy command Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7996509B2 Zoning of devices in a storage area network Physics 10 Active
US8930537B2 Zoning of devices in a storage area network with LUN masking/mapping Electricity 9 Active
US6880040B2 Virtual sequential data storage (VSDS) system with router conducting data between hosts and physical storage bypassing VSDS controller Physics 9 Expired

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