Robert B. Nicholson
92Patents
11h-index
109Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 28, 1991 → Dec 2, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6704839B2 | Data storage system and method of storing data | Physics | 123 | Expired |
| US6314460A | Method and apparatus for analyzing a storage network based on incomplete information from multiple respective controllers | Physics | 121 | Expired |
| US6253240A | Method for producing a coherent view of storage network by a storage network manager using data storage device configuration obtained from data storage devices | Physics | 105 | Expired |
| US6289375A | Method and apparatus for invoking network agent functions using a hash table | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 99 | Expired |
| US6941420B2 | Log-structure array | Physics | 62 | Expired |
| US7200108B2 | Method and apparatus for recovery from faults in a loop network | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US6738863B2 | Method for rebuilding meta-data in a data storage system and a data storage system | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US7370241B2 | Device, system and method for predictive failure analysis | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US8639440B2 | Augmented reality shopper routing | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US8417973B2 | Using a control policy to implement power saving features | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Active |
| US10951552B2 | Generation of a chatbot interface for an application programming interface | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US8099525B2 | Method and apparatus for controlling access to logical units | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US5088518A | Steam restricter device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US9288234B2 | Security policy enforcement | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US7080208B2 | Method for data retention in a data cache and data storage system | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US10097510B2 | Identifying network flows under network address translation | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US6993627B2 | Data storage system and a method of storing data including a multi-level cache | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US8214661B2 | Using a control policy to implement power saving features | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US7890715B2 | Suspension of an asynchronous remote copy pair system having a primary controller and a remote controller | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US7761681B2 | Data storage system with persistent volatile memory across power failures | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US7117320B2 | Maintaining data access during failure of a controller | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US8024534B2 | Replication engine communicating with a splitter to split writes between a storage controller and replication engine | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US6907454B1 | Data processing system with master and slave processors | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US9451504B2 | Mobility management of OSI connections between cell towers | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US9998860B2 | Mobile network based geofencing | Electricity | 5 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.