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Walter A. O'Brien, Iii
Also filed as: O'BRIEN III WALTER · O'BRIEN III WALTER A · O'BRIEN III WALTER ALDRICH · O'BRIEN WALTER
81 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,418 citations·filing 2000–2023
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83 records- 0199US9459809B1Optimizing data location in data storage arraysEMC CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 4, 2016·110 cites·18 claims
- 0299US7873619B1Managing metadataEMC CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 18, 2011·603 cites·19 claims
- 0398US11676671B1Amplification-based read disturb information determination systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 13, 2023·10 cites·20 claims
- 0498US10013364B1Securing data using per tenant encryption keysEMC IP HOLDING CO LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 3, 2018·75 cites·16 claims
- 0598US8095577B1Managing metadataFAIBISH SORIN·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 10, 2012·86 cites·20 claims
- 0697US10222984B1Managing multi-granularity flash translation layers in solid state drivesEMC CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 5, 2019·28 cites·18 claims
- 0797US9959058B1Utilizing flash optimized layouts which minimize wear of internal flash memory of solid state drivesEMC CORP·Filed 2016·Granted May 1, 2018·24 cites·22 claims
- 0896US11500994B2Communication system personality provisioning systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 15, 2022·4 cites·20 claims
- 0996US8904061B1Managing storage operations in a server cacheO'BRIEN III WALTER A·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 2, 2014·44 cites·20 claims
- 1095US11928515B2System and method for managing resource allocations in composed systemsDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 12, 2024·4 cites·18 claims
- 1195US8694724B1Managing data storage by provisioning cache as a virtual deviceLINNELL THOMAS E·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 8, 2014·32 cites·14 claims
- 1294US9940280B1Provisioning an enclosure with PCIe connectivity and storage devicesEMC IP HOLDING CO LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·15 cites·21 claims
- 1393US9785366B1Unbuffered log-structured storageEMC CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 10, 2017·10 cites·20 claims
- 1493US9176902B1Data migration techniquesLONG MATTHEW·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 3, 2015·26 cites·19 claims
- 1592US11922020B2Read-disturb-based read temperature information persistence systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 5, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 1692US11733912B2Intelligent target routing in a distributed storage systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 22, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 1792US11061814B1Managing data storage caching and tieringEMC CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 13, 2021·17 cites·18 claims
- 1892US9037793B1Managing data storageO'BRIEN III WALTER A·Filed 2011·Granted May 19, 2015·23 cites·2 claims
- 1992US7165155B1System and method for tracking changes associated with incremental copyingEMC CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 16, 2007·70 cites·10 claims
- 2090US6754718B1Pushing attribute information to storage devices for network topology accessEMC CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 22, 2004·69 cites·4 claims
- 2189US7702670B1System and method for tracking changes associated with incremental copyingEMC CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 20, 2010·62 cites·12 claims
- 2288US10891057B1Optimizing flash device write operationsEMC CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 12, 2021·6 cites·19 claims
- 2387US12222811B2Self-healing hard disk drive systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2023·Granted Feb 11, 2025·1 cites·20 claims
- 2487US11683172B2Distributed secure communication systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 20, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 2587US9971709B1Data migration techniquesEMC IP HOLDING CO LLC·Filed 2015·Granted May 15, 2018·5 cites·25 claims
- 2685US9317216B1SMR auto-tieringEMC CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 19, 2016·6 cites·20 claims
- 2784US9864688B1Discarding cached data before cache flushEMC IP HOLDING CO LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 9, 2018·4 cites·19 claims
- 2883US9298636B1Managing data storageO'BRIEN III WALTER A·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 29, 2016·8 cites·14 claims
- 2982US9037795B1Managing data storage by provisioning cache as a virtual deviceEMC CORP·Filed 2013·Granted May 19, 2015·5 cites·12 claims
- 3081US6711574B1Retrieval of management informationEMC CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 23, 2004·38 cites·32 claims
- 3180US11809911B2Resuming workload execution in composed information handling systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 7, 2023·1 cites·14 claims
- 3275US8239645B1Managing mirroring in data storage system having fast write device and slow write deviceSADE GILAD·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 7, 2012·8 cites·11 claims
- 3371US11853803B2Workload compliance governor systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 26, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3470US9996273B1Storage system with data durability signaling for directly-addressable storage devicesEMC CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 12, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 3570US9864533B2SMR auto-tieringEMC CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 9, 2018·1 cites·15 claims
- 3669US11983276B2Communication system personality provisioning systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted May 14, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3769US11829466B2Device access control systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 28, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3865US12339958B2Ransomware protection systems and methods leveraging smart network interface controllersDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 24, 2025·0 cites·19 claims
- 3962US12229266B2Systems and methods for protecting information handling systems using a ransomware protection storage deviceDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 18, 2025·0 cites·19 claims
- 4062US11500683B2Workload compliance governor systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 15, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 4161US12254177B2Systems and methods for establishing scalable storage targetsDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 18, 2025·0 cites·16 claims
- 4261US11922035B2Read-disturb-based read temperature adjustment systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 5, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4361US11537705B2Device access control systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 27, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 4460US11983424B2Read disturb information isolation systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted May 14, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4559US12468546B2Systems and methods for protecting information handling system boot using smart network interface controllersDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 11, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4659US12353276B2Fault isolation for composed servicesDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 8, 2025·0 cites·16 claims
- 4759US11907063B2Read-disturb-based physical storage read temperature information identification systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 20, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4859US7398273B2Pushing attribute information to storage devices for network topology accessEMC CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 8, 2008·6 cites·32 claims
- 4958US11983431B2Read-disturb-based read temperature time-based attenuation systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted May 14, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 5058US11928354B2Read-disturb-based read temperature determination systemDELL PRODUCTS LP·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 12, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
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