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Brian D. Hatfield
Also filed as: HATFIELD BRIAN · HATFIELD BRIAN D · HATFIELD BRIAN DAVID
40 granted patents·3 pending applications·97 citations·filing 2007–2024
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43 records- 0188US9058293B2Management of point-in-time copy relationship for extent space efficient volumesIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 16, 2015·8 cites·10 claims
- 0287US9514013B2Maintaining inactive copy relationships for secondary storages of active copy relationships having a common primary storage for use in case of a failure of the common primary storageIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 6, 2016·11 cites·26 claims
- 0386US9501327B2Concurrently processing parts of cells of a data structure with multiple processesIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 22, 2016·9 cites·20 claims
- 0485US9575800B2Using queues corresponding to attribute values and priorities associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to processIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·8 cites·23 claims
- 0585US9471241B2Methods and systems for formatting storage volumesIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 18, 2016·6 cites·20 claims
- 0684US9158471B2Replicating tracks from a first storage site to a second and third storage sitesIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 13, 2015·5 cites·9 claims
- 0784US8914605B2Methods and systems for formatting storage volumesIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 16, 2014·6 cites·20 claims
- 0883US9727243B2Using inactive copy relationships to resynchronize data between storagesIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 8, 2017·4 cites·24 claims
- 0982US10664177B2Replicating tracks from a first storage site to a second and third storage sitesIBM·Filed 2017·Granted May 26, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 1082US9921764B2Using inactive copy relationships to resynchronize data between storagesIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 20, 2018·4 cites·25 claims
- 1182US9563366B2Using queues corresponding to attribute values associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to processIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 7, 2017·6 cites·24 claims
- 1281US8380961B2Methods and systems for formatting storage volumesIBM·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 19, 2013·5 cites·17 claims
- 1380US9235348B2System, and methods for initializing a memory systemGRUSY ELLEN J·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 12, 2016·6 cites·22 claims
- 1474US8595458B2Intelligent extent initialization in storage environmentHATFIELD BRIAN DAVID·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 26, 2013·9 cites·19 claims
- 1568US9195403B2Replicating tracks from a first storage site to a second and third storage sitesBENHASE MICHAEL T·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 24, 2015·1 cites·17 claims
- 1666US10382544B2Establishing reverse paths between servers in a copy environmentIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 13, 2019·1 cites·25 claims
- 1765US8812443B2Failure data collection system apparatus and methodDEWEY DOUGLAS WILLIAM·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 19, 2014·5 cites·20 claims
- 1865US2024428256A1System and method for providing global transaction identifiersDIGITS FINANCIAL INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1964US11223678B2Establishing paths between servers in a copy environment for different copy relationships between the serversIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 11, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 2064US9003161B2Systems and methods for managing read-only memoryHATFIELD BRIAN D·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 7, 2015·1 cites·7 claims
- 2163US2022277400A1System and method for regular expression generation for improved data transferDIGITS FINANCIAL INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2261US10938899B2Establishing reverse paths between servers in a copy environmentIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 2, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 2360US12386858B2Data replica change analysisIBM·Filed 2023·Granted Aug 12, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2457US11341581B2System and method for regular expression generation for improved data transferDIGITS FINANCIAL INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 24, 2022·0 cites·10 claims
- 2557US10956062B2Aggregating separate data within a single data log wherein single data log is divided in a plurality of blocks assigned to plurality of different streamsIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 23, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 2656US12001460B2Performing a write-prioritized tree copyIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 4, 2024·0 cites·19 claims
- 2756US11269837B2Data tree checkpoint and restoration system and methodIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 8, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 2856US9857997B2Replicating tracks from a first storage site to a second and third storage sitesIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 2, 2018·0 cites·16 claims
- 2955US9330016B2Systems and methods for managing read-only memoryIBM·Filed 2015·Granted May 3, 2016·0 cites·15 claims
- 3054US12474987B2Application recovery acceleratorIBM·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 18, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3154US9858180B2Management of point-in-time copy relationship for extent space efficient volumesIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 2, 2018·0 cites·15 claims
- 3253US12321315B1File system delta visualizationIBM·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 3, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3353US9195613B2Systems and methods for managing read-only memoryIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 24, 2015·0 cites·13 claims
- 3451US9983819B2Systems and methods for initializing a memory systemIBM·Filed 2016·Granted May 29, 2018·0 cites·19 claims
- 3551US9063883B2Management of point-in-time copy relationship for extent space efficient volumesBROWN THERESA M·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 23, 2015·0 cites·18 claims
- 3650US8423712B2Methods and systems for releasing and re-allocating storage segments in a storage volumeHATFIELD BRIAN D·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 16, 2013·0 cites·16 claims
- 3749US11762559B2Write sort management in a multiple storage controller data storage systemIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 19, 2023·0 cites·25 claims
- 3849US9921879B2Using queues corresponding to attribute values associated with units of work to select the units of work to processIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 20, 2018·0 cites·22 claims
- 3949US9009386B2Systems and methods for managing read-only memoryHATFIELD BRIAN D·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 14, 2015·0 cites·11 claims
- 4047US11580022B2Write sort management in a multiple storage controller data storage systemIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 14, 2023·0 cites·25 claims
- 4147US8392653B2Methods and systems for releasing and re-allocating storage segments in a storage volumeHATFIELD BRIAN D·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 5, 2013·0 cites·15 claims
- 4244US2025173213A1Dynamic selection of system to deploy application based on selected eventIBM·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4343US8639876B2Extent allocation in thinly provisioned storage environmentHATFIELD BRIAN D·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 28, 2014·0 cites·14 claims
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