Robert Cochran
36Patents
16h-index
19Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 2, 2000 → Dec 15, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7546485B2 | Method and system for efficient journal-based resynchronization | Physics | 71 | Active |
| US6907505B2 | Immediately available, statically allocated, full-logical-unit copy with a transient, snapshot-copy-like intermediate stage | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 60 | Expired |
| US6687805B1 | Method and system for logical-object-to-physical-location translation and physical separation of logical objects | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 54 | Expired |
| US6721902B1 | Method and system for providing LUN-based backup reliability via LUN-based locking | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US6662282B2 | Unified data sets distributed over multiple I/O-device arrays | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US6697881B2 | Method and system for efficient format, read, write, and initial copy processing involving sparse logical units | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US7031928B1 | Method and system for throttling I/O request servicing on behalf of an I/O request generator to prevent monopolization of a storage device by the I/O request generator | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US7165141B2 | Daisy-chained device-mirroring architecture | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6782416B2 | Distributed and geographically dispersed quorum resource disks | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US7149919B2 | Disaster recovery system with cascaded resynchronization | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US7478154B2 | Storage system with link selection control | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US6718447B2 | Method and system for providing logically consistent logical unit backup snapshots within one or more data storage devices | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US7007143B2 | Method and system for providing logically consistent logical unit backup snapshots within one or more data storage devices | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US7366866B2 | Block size allocation in copy operations | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US7058850B2 | Method and system for preventing data loss within disk-array pairs supporting mirrored logical units | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US8185663B2 | Mirroring storage interface | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US6978280B1 | Method and system for improving LUN-based backup reliability | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US7340572B2 | Method and system for reliable remote-mirror resynchronization in disk arrays and other mass storage devices | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US7805566B2 | Replication in storage systems using a target port mimicking a host initiator port | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US7293048B2 | System for preserving logical object integrity within a remote mirror cache | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US7360044B2 | Storage system with primary mirror shadow | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7529966B2 | Storage system with journaling | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US6848841B2 | Optical component connector | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US8059539B2 | Link throughput enhancer | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8200921B2 | Data synchronization for two data mirrors with sidefiles | Physics | 4 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.