Robert B. Basham
73Patents
15h-index
93Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 24, 1994 → May 17, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.