Inventor · Rochester, MN, US

William Roy Yonker

14Patents
6h-index
37Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 30, 1998 → Dec 21, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6920494B2 Storage area network methods and apparatus with virtual SAN recognition Electricity 110 Expired
US6253240A Method for producing a coherent view of storage network by a storage network manager using data storage device configuration obtained from data storage devices Physics 105 Expired
US7287063B2 Storage area network methods and apparatus using event notifications with data Electricity 92 Expired
US7171624B2 User interface architecture for storage area network Electricity 38 Expired
US8060587B2 Methods and apparatus for launching device specific applications on storage area network components Electricity 31 Active
US7499986B2 Storage area network methods with event notification conflict resolution Electricity 11 Expired
US6671789B1 Method and apparatus for determining unknown relationships between storage devices and storage device enclosures Electricity 6 Expired
US8327004B2 Storage area network methods and apparatus with centralized management Electricity 4 Active
US7401139B1 Storage area network management and configuration method and apparatus via enabling in-band communications Electricity 3 Expired
US8176180B2 Dynamically matching data service capabilities to data service level objectives Electricity 2 Active
US7890953B2 Storage area network methods and apparatus with coordinated updating of topology representation Electricity 2 Active
US8141081B2 Optimized methodology for dispositioning missed scheduled tasks Physics 1 Active
US7613720B2 Selectively removing entities from a user interface displaying network entities Electricity 1 Expired
US8527479B2 Determining whether a selected backup set satisfies a retention policy Physics 1 Active

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