Inventor · Hicksville, NY, US

Wai Lam

43Patents
10h-index
14Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 29, 1995 → Aug 23, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5564037A Real time data migration system and method employing sparse files Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 215 Expired
US7055008B2 System and method for backing up data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 109 Expired
US7165145B2 System and method to protect data stored in a storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US7155585B2 Method and system for synchronizing storage system data Physics 34 Expired
US7590808B2 Method and system for synchronizing storage system data Physics 18 Active
US7765160B2 System and method for backing up data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7962499B2 System and method for identifying and mitigating redundancies in stored data Physics 15 Active
US7954157B2 System and method for backing up data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US7406575B2 Method and system for storing data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8255538B1 Systems and methods for intercepting data relating to storage volume access Electricity 10 Active
US9792076B2 Systems, devices, apparatus, and methods for transparently inserting a virtual storage layer in a fibre channel based storage area network while maintaining continuous input/output operations Electricity 10 Active
US7418547B2 System and method to protect data stored in a storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7231502B2 Method and system for storing data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US8370594B2 System and method for backing up data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US10210473B2 Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing real-time validation of container loading and positioning data Physics 6 Active
US8671255B2 Methods for synchronizing storage system data Physics 5 Active
US8145860B2 Methods for synchronizing storage system data Physics 4 Active
US9032171B2 System and method for backing up data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US10956853B2 Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing real-time validation of container loading and positioning data Physics 4 Active
US8417818B1 Systems and methods for intercepting data relating to storage volume access Electricity 3 Active
US7467259B2 System and method to protect data stored in a storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9495113B2 Systems, devices, apparatus, and methods for identifying stored data by a device located in a path between virtual Fibre channel switches and performing a data management service Electricity 3 Active
US8433732B2 System and method for storing data and accessing stored data Physics 2 Active
US10152281B2 Systems, devices, apparatus, and methods for transparently inserting a virtual storage layer in a fibre channel based storage area network while maintaining continuous input/output operations Electricity 2 Active
US8392371B2 System and method for identifying and mitigating redundancies in stored data Physics 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.