Robert M. Rees
34Patents
13h-index
43Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 30, 1996 → Mar 8, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5644766A | System and method for managing a hierarchical storage system through improved data migration | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 340 | Expired |
| US5802599A | System and method for allocating storage in a fragmented storage space | Physics | 334 | Expired |
| US5897661A | Logical volume manager and method having enhanced update capability with dynamic allocation of storage and minimal storage of metadata information | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 309 | Expired |
| US6775703B1 | Lease based safety protocol for distributed system with multiple networks | Electricity | 127 | Expired |
| US6029160A | Method and means for linking a database system with a system for filing data | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 124 | Expired |
| US6917942B1 | System for dynamically evaluating locks in a distributed data storage system | Physics | 67 | Expired |
| US7139781B2 | Managing filesystem versions | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US6112211A | Reconfiguration an aggregate file including delete-file space for optimal compression | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US6925515B2 | Producer/consumer locking system for efficient replication of file data | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US7085909B2 | Method, system and computer program product for implementing copy-on-write of a file | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US7124131B2 | Discipline for lock reassertion in a distributed file system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US6571276B1 | System for managing asset access in a distributed storage system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US8074041B2 | Apparatus, system, and method for managing storage space allocation | Electricity | 14 | Active |
| US6938056B2 | System and method for restoring a file system from backups in the presence of deletions | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US7974950B2 | Applying a policy criteria to files in a backup image | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US8700584B2 | Managing access to objects of a computing environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US9263082B2 | High density hybrid storage system | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9454333B2 | Parity logs for RAID systems with variable capacity media | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US7409389B2 | Managing access to objects of a computing environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US6651147B2 | Data placement and allocation using virtual contiguity | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US8280851B2 | Applying a policy criteria to files in a backup image | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US8055629B2 | Transitioning an archived file to write-once-read-many | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US10671316B2 | System, method, and recording medium for alignment of backup and archival policy | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US10001922B2 | High performance optical storage system for protection against concurrent data loss | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US11210024B2 | Optimizing read-modify-write operations to a storage device by writing a copy of the write data to a shadow block | Physics | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.