Walter C. Forrester
48Patents
13h-index
54Co-inventors
80Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 31, 2008 → Jan 26, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9594514B1 | Managing host data placed in a container file system on a data storage array having multiple storage tiers | Physics | 98 | Active |
| US8996837B1 | Providing multi-tenancy within a data storage apparatus | Physics | 60 | Active |
| US9569455B1 | Deduplicating container files | Physics | 32 | Active |
| US9092290B1 | Performing a non-disruptive software upgrade on physical storage processors having access to virtual storage processors | Physics | 27 | Active |
| US9305071B1 | Providing virtual storage processor (VSP) mobility with induced file system format migration | Physics | 24 | Active |
| US9122697B1 | Unified data services for block and file objects | Physics | 24 | Active |
| US9280555B1 | Unified data protection for block and file objects | Physics | 23 | Active |
| US9304999B1 | Virtual storage processor load balancing | Physics | 23 | Active |
| US9330103B1 | Preserving file handles when moving file system operation between storage processors | Physics | 22 | Active |
| US9424117B1 | Virtual storage processor failover | Physics | 21 | Active |
| US9507787B1 | Providing mobility to virtual storage processors | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US9535630B1 | Leveraging array operations at virtualized storage processor level | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US9122712B1 | Compressing container files | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US8516022B1 | Automatically committing files to be write-once-read-many in a file system | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US9805105B1 | Automatically creating multiple replication sessions in response to a single replication command entered by a user | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US10915497B1 | Multi-tier storage system with controllable relocation of files from file system tier to cloud-based object storage tier | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US10447524B1 | Unified datapath processing with virtualized storage processors | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US9916102B1 | Managing data storage reservations on a per-family basis | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US10514861B1 | Reporting of space savings due to pattern matching in storage systems | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9696906B1 | Storage management | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US10268693B1 | Managing migration of virtual file servers | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US9256603B1 | File system over fully provisioned volume file in direct mode | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US10146703B1 | Encrypting data objects in a data storage system | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9329803B1 | File system over thinly provisioned volume file in mapped mode | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US10089316B1 | Managing multiple file system expansions | Physics | 4 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.