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Robert B. Basham
Also filed as: BASHAM ROBERT · BASHAM ROBERT B · BASHAM ROBERT BEVERLEY · MARTENS RONALD DAVID
73 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,108 citations·filing 1994–2022
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75 records- 0196US7289885B2Dual purpose media drive providing control path to shared robotic device in automated data storage libraryIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 30, 2007·58 cites·13 claims
- 0294US9423962B1Intelligent snapshot point-in-time management in object storageIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 23, 2016·11 cites·21 claims
- 0393US7676702B2Preemptive data protection for copy services in storage systems and applicationsIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 9, 2010·55 cites·17 claims
- 0493US6519678B1Virtualization of data storage drives of an automated data storage libraryIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 11, 2003·95 cites·78 claims
- 0592US8019851B2Intelligent discovery of network information from multiple information gathering agentsIBM·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 13, 2011·20 cites·25 claims
- 0692US6339810B1Serial data storage system with automatically adjusted data protection to implement worm media with limited overwrite allowing write appendingIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 15, 2002·83 cites·25 claims
- 0790US6785078B2Concurrent read and write access to simulated sequential data of a removable random access data storage mediumIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 31, 2004·65 cites·25 claims
- 0889US6636778B2Allocation of data storage drives of an automated data storage libraryIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 21, 2003·56 cites·48 claims
- 0987US6779080B2Serial data storage system with automatically adjusted data protection to implement worm media with limited overwrite allowing write appendingIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 17, 2004·48 cites·50 claims
- 1087US5757571AFlexible-capacity scaling for efficient access of ordered data stored on magnetic tape mediaIBM·Filed 1996·Granted May 26, 1998·54 cites·7 claims
- 1186US10169176B1Scaling out a hybrid cloud storage serviceIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 1, 2019·4 cites·1 claims
- 1286US6850380B2Stackable connector system for automated removal/addition in a storage media libraryIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 1, 2005·19 cites·21 claims
- 1386US6674603B2Decreased load time by storing cassette initialization informationIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 6, 2004·21 cites·14 claims
- 1484US8508185B2Charging management method and systemBASHAM ROBERT BEVERLEY·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 13, 2013·18 cites·13 claims
- 1584US8417688B2Converting two-tier resource mapping to one-tier resource mappingABBONDANZIO ANTONIO·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 9, 2013·8 cites·20 claims
- 1683US8930537B2Zoning of devices in a storage area network with LUN masking/mappingBASHAM ROBERT BEVERLEY·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 6, 2015·12 cites·20 claims
- 1782US7996509B2Zoning of devices in a storage area networkIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 9, 2011·16 cites·21 claims
- 1882US7756958B2Intelligent discovery of network information from multiple information gathering agentsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 13, 2010·31 cites·16 claims
- 1981US10649860B2Data archive tier of a tiered storage systemIBM·Filed 2017·Granted May 12, 2020·3 cites·13 claims
- 2081US9632709B1Collocation of object storage data with removable mediaIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 25, 2017·3 cites·18 claims
- 2181US8694992B2Traversing memory structures to parse guest operating system instrumentation information in a hypervisorABBONDANZIO ANTONIO·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 8, 2014·7 cites·14 claims
- 2281US5969893ATape pre-formatting with uniform data storage segments selectively mapped to fixed or variable sized independently addressable data storage partitionsIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 19, 1999·35 cites·25 claims
- 2380US11144400B2Efficient management of point in time copies of data in object storage by sending the point in time copies, and a directive for manipulating the point in time copies, to the object storageIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 12, 2021·1 cites·19 claims
- 2480US10572347B2Efficient management of point in time copies of data in object storage by sending the point in time copies, and a directive for manipulating the point in time copies, to the object storageIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 25, 2020·2 cites·25 claims
- 2580US7174265B2Heterogeneous multipath path network test systemIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 6, 2007·8 cites·7 claims
- 2680US6349356B2Host-available device block map for optimized file retrieval from serpentine tape drivesIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 19, 2002·35 cites·34 claims
- 2779US9665487B1Intelligent snapshot point-in-time management in object storageIBM·Filed 2016·Granted May 30, 2017·2 cites·18 claims
- 2877US7474940B2Logic circuit and operations providing control path to shared robotic device in automated data storage libraryIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 6, 2009·6 cites·2 claims
- 2976US7779110B2Apparatus, system, and method for communicating control messages between a first device and a second deviceIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 17, 2010·6 cites·21 claims
- 3076US6425059B1Data storage library with library-local regulation of access to shared read/write drives among multiple hostsIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 23, 2002·85 cites·22 claims
- 3175US10360189B2Data object storage across multiple storage nodesIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 23, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 3275US7409442B2Method for communicating control messages between a first device and a second deviceIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 5, 2008·18 cites·5 claims
- 3374US9263904B2Frequency based rechargeable power source chargingIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 16, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 3474US7787456B2Checking and repairing a network configurationIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 31, 2010·4 cites·15 claims
- 3574US6434090B1Automated data storage library with control path to shared robotic device via media driveIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 13, 2002·26 cites·36 claims
- 3673US10303573B2Scaling out a hybrid cloud storage serviceIBM·Filed 2017·Granted May 28, 2019·1 cites·17 claims
- 3773US7966723B2Method for facilitating access to electronic componentsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 28, 2011·5 cites·6 claims
- 3871US11620189B2Efficient management of point in time copies of data in object storageIBM·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 4, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3969US11151093B2Distributed system control for on-demand data access in complex, heterogenous data storageIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 19, 2021·1 cites·24 claims
- 4069US7397770B2Checking and repairing a network configurationIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 8, 2008·10 cites·14 claims
- 4169US7039726B2Dual purpose media drive providing control path to shared robotic device in automated data storage libraryIBM·Filed 2001·Granted May 2, 2006·5 cites·18 claims
- 4268US10395061B2Efficient auditing of data in object storageIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 27, 2019·1 cites·24 claims
- 4368US6880040B2Virtual sequential data storage (VSDS) system with router conducting data between hosts and physical storage bypassing VSDS controllerIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 12, 2005·13 cites·25 claims
- 4467US9698617B2Frequency based rechargeable power source chargingIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 4, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 4563US12235808B2Replicating and migrating files to secondary storage sitesIBM·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 25, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4663US10235374B2Key-value store for managing user files based on pairs of key-value pairsIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 19, 2019·1 cites·16 claims
- 4763US9563380B2Zoning of devices in a storage area network with LUN masking/mappingIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 7, 2017·1 cites·18 claims
- 4861US10942830B2Scaling out a hybrid cloud storage serviceIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 9, 2021·0 cites·1 claims
- 4961US10942829B2Scaling out a hybrid cloud storage serviceIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 9, 2021·0 cites·1 claims
- 5061US6430645B1Fibre channel and SCSI address mapping for multiple initiator supportIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 6, 2002·37 cites·16 claims
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