Inventor · Niwot, CO, US

Robert Wood

36Patents
14h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 19, 1996 → Dec 30, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5828847A Dynamic server switching for maximum server availability and load balancing Electricity 201 Expired
US6834324B1 System and method for virtual tape volumes Physics 71 Expired
US8315092B2 Apparatus, system, and method for determining a read voltage threshold for solid-state storage media Physics 40 Active
US8661184B2 Managing non-volatile media Physics 38 Active
US8189407B2 Apparatus, system, and method for biasing data in a solid-state storage device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Active
US6915363B2 System for selectively controlling spin-up control for data storage devices in an array using predetermined out of band (OOB) signals Physics 30 Expired
US8380915B2 Apparatus, system, and method for managing solid-state storage media Physics 27 Active
US9047211B2 Managing data reliability Physics 23 Active
US6816957B1 Management of virtual tape volumes using data page atomic units Physics 23 Expired
US8972627B2 Apparatus, system, and method for managing operations for data storage media Physics 19 Active
US7480754B2 Assignment of queue execution modes using tag values Physics 18 Expired
US8482993B2 Apparatus, system, and method for managing data in a solid-state storage device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US9021158B2 Program suspend/resume for memory Physics 16 Active
US9042181B2 Periodic erase operation for a non-volatile medium Physics 15 Active
US9063874B2 Apparatus, system, and method for wear management Physics 13 Active
US8261158B2 Apparatus, system, and method for using multi-level cell solid-state storage as single level cell solid-state storage Physics 12 Active
US9489263B2 Selective ECC refresh for on die buffered non-volatile memory Physics 11 Active
US8873286B2 Managing non-volatile media Physics 10 Active
US8275933B2 Apparatus, system, and method for managing physical regions in a solid-state storage device Physics 10 Active
US9424930B2 Apparatus, system, and method for non-volatile storage element programming Physics 9 Active
US10055294B2 Selective copyback for on die buffered non-volatile memory Physics 8 Active
US8854882B2 Configuring storage cells Physics 7 Active
US8982619B2 Managing non-volatile media Physics 7 Active
US9251053B2 Managing configuration parameters for a non-volatile medium Physics 6 Active
US9245653B2 Reduced level cell mode for non-volatile memory Physics 6 Active

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