Inventor
FORTIN MICHAEL R
US44 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
26 patentsUS6910106B2Jun 21, 2005
Methods and mechanisms for proactive memory management
MICROSOFT CORP182 citations99
US7698513B2Apr 13, 2010
Methods and mechanisms for proactive memory management
MICROSOFT CORP70 citations98
US7644239B2Jan 5, 2010
Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement
MICROSOFT CORP173 citations98
US7185155B2Feb 27, 2007
Methods and mechanisms for proactive memory management
MICROSOFT CORP64 citations98
US7036040B2Apr 25, 2006
Reliability of diskless network-bootable computers using non-volatile memory cache
MICROSOFT CORP84 citations98
US7017037B2Mar 21, 2006
Apparatus and method to decrease boot time and hibernate awaken time of a computer system utilizing disk spin-up-time
MICROSOFT CORP77 citations98
US7082495B2Jul 25, 2006
Method and apparatus to reduce power consumption and improve read/write performance of hard disk drives using non-volatile memory
MICROSOFT CORP193 citations97
US8032723B2Oct 4, 2011
Methods and mechanisms for proactive memory management
MICROSOFT CORP32 citations96
US7490197B2Feb 10, 2009
Using external memory devices to improve system performance
MICROSOFT CORP45 citations96
US7107444B2Sep 12, 2006
Apparatus and method to decrease boot time and hibernate awaken time of a computer system
MICROSOFT CORP50 citations96
US8001403B2Aug 16, 2011
Data center power management utilizing a power policy and a load factor
MICROSOFT CORP112 citations95
US7620773B2Nov 17, 2009
In-line non volatile memory disk read cache and write buffer
MICROSOFT CORP79 citations95
US7454653B2Nov 18, 2008
Reliability of diskless network-bootable computers using non-volatile memory cache
MICROSOFT CORP39 citations93
US7203830B2Apr 10, 2007
Apparatus and method to decrease boot time and hibernate awaken time of a computer system
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations93
US7100040B2Aug 29, 2006
Apparatus and method to decrease boot time and hibernate awaken time of a computer system
MICROSOFT CORP24 citations93
US8041904B2Oct 18, 2011
Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement
MICROSOFT CORP23 citations92
US8006037B2Aug 23, 2011
Using external memory devices to improve system performance
MICROSOFT CORP22 citations92
US7805571B2Sep 28, 2010
Using external memory devices to improve system performance
MICROSOFT CORP27 citations92
US7669044B2Feb 23, 2010
Accelerated system boot
MICROSOFT CORP35 citations90
US7861296B2Dec 28, 2010
System and method for efficiently scanning a file for malware
MICROSOFT CORP23 citations89
US9317209B2Apr 19, 2016
Using external memory devices to improve system performance
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations84
US7500091B2Mar 3, 2009
Delay start-up of applications
MICROSOFT CORP8 citations83
US7558913B2Jul 7, 2009
Atomic commit of cache transfer with staging area
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations74
US9529716B2Dec 27, 2016
Optimizing write and wear performance for a memory
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations62
US8850148B2Sep 30, 2014
Data copy management for faster reads
MICROSOFT CORP1 citations62
US7840754B2Nov 23, 2010
Efficiently synchronizing with separated disk caches
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations52
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
3 patentsUS9690496B2Jun 27, 2017
Using external memory devices to improve system performance
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC4 citations84
US10216637B2Feb 26, 2019
Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC3 citations72
US11334484B2May 17, 2022
Optimizing write and wear performance for a memory
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations62
PANABAKER RUSTON
3 patentsUS8489810B2Jul 16, 2013
Cache data transfer to a staging area of a storage device and atomic commit operation
PANABAKER RUSTON7 citations84
US8180959B2May 15, 2012
Efficiently synchronizing with separated disk caches
PANABAKER RUSTON1 citations63
US8065480B2Nov 22, 2011
Efficiently synchronizing with separated disk caches
PANABAKER RUSTON1 citations63