Inventor
GRECO PAUL MERRILL
US42 patents
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IBM
30 patentsUS6856479B2Feb 15, 2005
Writing synchronized data to magnetic tape
IBM47 citations96
US6785078B2Aug 31, 2004
Concurrent read and write access to simulated sequential data of a removable random access data storage medium
IBM65 citations96
US6636942B2Oct 21, 2003
Storage structure for storing formatted data on a random access medium
IBM67 citations96
US7953978B2May 31, 2011
Key generation and retrieval using key servers
IBM55 citations93
US7236322B2Jun 26, 2007
Method, system, and program for storing data in a storage medium
IBM20 citations92
US7218468B2May 15, 2007
Writing synchronized data to magnetic tape
IBM17 citations92
US6950257B1Sep 27, 2005
Writing to magnetic tape with backhitchless backspacing and data set invalidation
IBM24 citations92
US6867942B2Mar 15, 2005
Storage device mounted in portable data storage media type cartridges
IBM34 citations92
US6286079B1Sep 4, 2001
Interruptible inventory of a mass data storage library
IBM38 citations92
US6865043B2Mar 8, 2005
Data set information for recovery of synchronized data on magnetic tape
IBM27 citations91
US7877603B2Jan 25, 2011
Configuring a storage drive to communicate with encryption and key managers
IBM21 citations89
US7965844B2Jun 21, 2011
System and method for processing user data in an encryption pipeline
IBM10 citations84
US7181569B2Feb 20, 2007
Method, system, and article of manufacture for writing on sequential storage media
IBM14 citations84
US7107397B2Sep 12, 2006
Magnetic tape data storage system buffer management
IBM13 citations84
US7511915B2Mar 31, 2009
Method, system, and program for storing data in a storage medium
IBM6 citations74
US6798602B2Sep 28, 2004
Window based directory for magnetic tape
IBM7 citations74
US7650461B2Jan 19, 2010
Magnetic tape write once overwrite protection
IBM6 citations72
US7469314B2Dec 23, 2008
Magnetic tape write once overwrite protection
IBM8 citations72
US7921294B2Apr 5, 2011
Verification of encryption key
IBM4 citations63
US7757099B2Jul 13, 2010
Validating an encryption key file on removable storage media
IBM4 citations63
US7660943B2Feb 9, 2010
Data storage drive for automated data storage library
IBM4 citations63
US11061579B2Jul 13, 2021
Access ordering for tape cycle optimization
IBM1 citations62
US7934247B2Apr 26, 2011
Encryption policy based on data context recognition
IBM6 citations62
US7783882B2Aug 24, 2010
Recovering remnant encrypted data on a removable storage media
IBM3 citations62
US7817799B2Oct 19, 2010
Maintaining encryption key integrity
IBM3 citations60
US7751559B2Jul 6, 2010
Secure transmission of cryptographic key
IBM3 citations60
US7483231B2Jan 27, 2009
Apparatus, system, and method for redundant identification of a storage medium format
IBM0 citations52
US7143232B2Nov 28, 2006
Method, system, and program for maintaining a directory for data written to a storage medium
IBM0 citations52
US11494445B2Nov 8, 2022
Group-based tape storage access ordering
IBM0 citations51
US7903812B2Mar 8, 2011
Detection and handling of encryption key and initialization vector
IBM1 citations49
GRECO PAUL MERRILL
7 patentsUS8918651B2Dec 23, 2014
Cryptographic erasure of selected encrypted data
GRECO PAUL MERRILL23 citations92
US8108065B2Jan 31, 2012
Target of opportunity in an automated data storage library
GRECO PAUL MERRILL21 citations92
US9349410B2May 24, 2016
Automated data storage library with target of opportunity recognition
GRECO PAUL MERRILL10 citations84
US8682470B2Mar 25, 2014
Data storage drive with target of opportunity recognition
GRECO PAUL MERRILL8 citations84
US9495561B2Nov 15, 2016
Target of opportunity recognition during an encryption related process
GRECO PAUL MERRILL5 citations73
US8122300B2Feb 21, 2012
Non-volatile redundant verifiable indication of data storage status
GRECO PAUL MERRILL2 citations62
US9008317B2Apr 14, 2015
Key encryption and decryption
GRECO PAUL MERRILL1 citations61