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David Alan Burton
Also filed as: BURTON DAVID · BURTON DAVID A · BURTON DAVID ALAN · BURTON DAVID M
54 granted patents·1 pending application·1,895 citations·filing 1992–2021
99Inventor score
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55 records- 0197US7412583B2Virtual incremental storage methodIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 12, 2008·160 cites·5 claims
- 0296US6928521B1Method, system, and data structures for using metadata in updating data in a storage deviceIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 9, 2005·152 cites·44 claims
- 0396US6618798B1Method, system, program, and data structures for mapping logical units to a storage space comprises of at least one array of storage unitsIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 9, 2003·145 cites·38 claims
- 0493US6633962B1Method, system, program, and data structures for restricting host access to a storage spaceIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 14, 2003·88 cites·31 claims
- 0593US6425051B1Method, system, program, and data structures for enabling a controller accessing a storage device to handle requests to data in a first data format when the storage device includes data in a second data formatIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 23, 2002·92 cites·34 claims
- 0692US11236615B1Stator assembly for compressor mid-plane rotor balancing and sealing in gas turbine engineSOLAR TURBINES INC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 1, 2022·4 cites·18 claims
- 0792US6526419B1Method, system, and program for remote copy in an open systems environmentIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 25, 2003·78 cites·27 claims
- 0891US6738865B1Method, system, and program for demoting data from cache based on least recently accessed and least frequently accessed dataIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 18, 2004·76 cites·21 claims
- 0990US7809917B2Virtual incremental storage apparatus method and systemIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 5, 2010·21 cites·21 claims
- 1090US6651154B1Method, system, and program for expanding the storage space in an array of storage unitsIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 18, 2003·62 cites·24 claims
- 1188US6665743B2Method, system, and program for initializing a storage spaceIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 16, 2003·51 cites·39 claims
- 1288US6393535B1Method, system, and program for modifying preferred path assignments to a storage deviceIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 21, 2002·57 cites·36 claims
- 1387US6748486B2Method, system, and data structures for superimposing data records in a first data format to memory in a second data formatIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 8, 2004·49 cites·31 claims
- 1486US6601128B1Method, system, program, and data structure for selecting a preferred path to a storage deviceIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 29, 2003·48 cites·36 claims
- 1586US5499354AMethod and means for dynamic cache management by variable space and time binding and rebinding of cache extents to DASD cylindersIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 12, 1996·134 cites·6 claims
- 1685US7721022B2Storage device with instructions for performing methods of processing I/O requestsPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2009·Granted May 18, 2010·13 cites·16 claims
- 1785US7380059B2Methods and systems of cache memory management and snapshot operationsPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 27, 2008·13 cites·3 claims
- 1885US7228538B1Method, system, and program for updating firmware to a storage system comprised of multiple controllersIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 5, 2007·43 cites·26 claims
- 1985US7120824B2Method, apparatus and program storage device for maintaining data consistency and cache coherency during communications failures between nodes in a remote mirror pairIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 10, 2006·45 cites·21 claims
- 2082US7107411B2Apparatus method and system for fault tolerant virtual memory managementIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 12, 2006·32 cites·29 claims
- 2182US6715036B1Method, system, and data structures for transferring blocks of data from a storage device to a requesting applicationIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 30, 2004·35 cites·37 claims
- 2280US10585916B1Systems and methods for improved efficiencyHEALTH CATALYST INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 10, 2020·4 cites·18 claims
- 2380US5535372AMethod and apparatus for efficient updating of CKD data stored on fixed block architecture devicesIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 9, 1996·87 cites·39 claims
- 2479US7287134B2Methods and systems of managing I/O operations in data storage systemsPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 23, 2007·9 cites·7 claims
- 2578US10936661B2Data tree with order-based node traversalMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 2, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 2678US6907504B2Method and system for upgrading drive firmware in a non-disruptive mannerIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 14, 2005·25 cites·26 claims
- 2777US7136974B2Systems and methods of data migration in snapshot operationsPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 14, 2006·20 cites·32 claims
- 2875US8037171B2System and program for selecting one of multiple paths to communicate with a deviceIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 11, 2011·5 cites·26 claims
- 2975US7185222B2Apparatus, system, and method for maintaining data in a storage arrayIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 27, 2007·26 cites·30 claims
- 3074US7260739B2Method, apparatus and program storage device for allowing continuous availability of data during volume set failures in a mirrored environmentIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 21, 2007·19 cites·29 claims
- 3173US7594044B2Systems and methods of processing I/O requests in data storage systemsPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 22, 2009·5 cites·31 claims
- 3273US7287269B2System and method for authenticating and configuring computing devicesINTERNAT BUINESS MACHINES CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 23, 2007·25 cites·16 claims
- 3373US7254683B2Speculative data mirroring apparatus method and systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 7, 2007·18 cites·29 claims
- 3473US6732193B1Method, system, and program for determining a number of write operations to executeIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 4, 2004·18 cites·33 claims
- 3572US7418531B2Quality of service for data storage volumesPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 26, 2008·5 cites·22 claims
- 3671US7945944B2System and method for authenticating and configuring computing devicesIBM·Filed 2007·Granted May 17, 2011·5 cites·16 claims
- 3771US7496725B2Systems and methods of data migration in snapshot operationsPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 24, 2009·4 cites·31 claims
- 3871US7467266B2Snapshot management method apparatus and systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 16, 2008·16 cites·20 claims
- 3971US7143122B2Data replication in data storage systemsPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 28, 2006·22 cites·17 claims
- 4069US7404005B1Method, system, and program for selecting one of multiple paths to communicate with a deviceIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 22, 2008·11 cites·13 claims
- 4168US7685176B2Systems and methods of asynchronous data replicationPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 23, 2010·3 cites·10 claims
- 4268US6954824B2Method, system, and program for determining a configuration of a logical array including a plurality of storage devicesIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 11, 2005·14 cites·51 claims
- 4365US7062644B2Method, system, and program for initializing a storage device comprising multiple storage units through a storage controllerIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 13, 2006·12 cites·51 claims
- 4463US5930481ASystem for concurrent cache data access by maintaining and selectively merging multiple ranked part copiesIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 27, 1999·38 cites·23 claims
- 4562US7051341B2Method, system, and program for implementing a remote method callIBM·Filed 2001·Granted May 23, 2006·10 cites·38 claims
- 4662US6965979B2Methods and systems of host cachingPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 15, 2005·8 cites·25 claims
- 4761US11657092B2Data tree with order-based node traversalMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2021·Granted May 23, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4861US7222223B2Management of I/O operations in data storage systemsPILLAR DATA SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 22, 2007·8 cites·27 claims
- 4958US5581743ACKD to fixed block mapping for optimum performance and space utilizationIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 3, 1996·34 cites·4 claims
- 5055US7177868B2Method, system and program for direct client file access in a data management systemIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 13, 2007·5 cites·45 claims
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