Inventor · Winchester, GB

Robert B. Nicholson

92Patents
11h-index
109Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 28, 1991 → Dec 2, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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

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