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Thomas R. Forrer, Jr.
Also filed as: FORRER JR THOMAS R · FORRER JR THOMAS RICHARD · FORRER THOMAS R · FORRER THOMAS R JR
18 granted patents·6 pending applications·148 citations·filing 2000–2010
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24 records- 0194US7461202B2Method and apparatus using hard disk drive for enhanced non-volatile cachingIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 2, 2008·63 cites·16 claims
- 0286US8407446B2Simultaneously supporting different block sizes on a single hard driveFORRER JR THOMAS R·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 26, 2013·11 cites·12 claims
- 0377US7653838B2Hard disk drive data scrub methodologyIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 26, 2010·7 cites·8 claims
- 0474US7478220B2Method, apparatus, and product for prohibiting unauthorized access of data stored on storage drivesIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 13, 2009·6 cites·7 claims
- 0572US7191286B2Data redundancy in individual hard drivesIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 13, 2007·18 cites·19 claims
- 0669US7310715B2Method, apparatus, and computer program product for using an array of high performance storage drives included in a storage array to reduce accessing of an array of lower performance storage drives included in the storage arrayIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 18, 2007·5 cites·20 claims
- 0765US7882331B2Method and system for simultaneously supporting different block sizes on a single hard driveIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 1, 2011·2 cites·12 claims
- 0863US7240180B2Method and system for simultaneously supporting different block sizes on a single hard driveIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 3, 2007·7 cites·6 claims
- 0960US7346806B2Hard disk drive background scrub methodologyIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 18, 2008·6 cites·6 claims
- 1060US7346804B2Hard disk drive data scrub methodologyIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 18, 2008·6 cites·8 claims
- 1159US6922833B2Adaptive fast write cache for storage devicesIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 26, 2005·7 cites·18 claims
- 1254US8307128B2System and method to improve sequential serial attached small computer system interface storage device performanceFORRER JR THOMAS R·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 6, 2012·1 cites·16 claims
- 1354US7836247B2Method, apparatus, and computer program product for permitting access to a storage drive while the drive is being formattedIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 16, 2010·4 cites·16 claims
- 1453US7865690B2Method, apparatus, and product for prohibiting unauthorized access of data stored on storage drivesIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 4, 2011·0 cites·13 claims
- 1553US7660978B2System and method to provide device unique diagnostic support with a single generic commandIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 9, 2010·2 cites·5 claims
- 1650US7240215B2System and method for on-demand computing for parallel SCSIIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 3, 2007·1 cites·20 claims
- 1749US2008155314A1Hard disk drive background scrub methodologyFORRER JR THOMAS R·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 1848US6865615B1Method and an apparatus for dynamically reconfiguring a system bus topologyIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 8, 2005·2 cites·33 claims
- 1944US2007263784A1Automated voice answering system correlated to user calendar to provide telephone voice responses based upon user scheduleFORRER THOMAS R JR·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2042US2006087760A1Simple method of protecting customer data on hard drives returned from the fieldIBM·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 2142US2006004929A1Method and apparatus for recovering from inefficient behavior of devices on I/O busesIBM·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 2241US6744579B2Methods for detecting and mitigating the effects of hard drive head crashesIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 1, 2004·0 cites·19 claims
- 2340US2005028030A1Method, system, and product for improved storage device media verificationIBM·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 2438US2003191889A1Method and apparatus for managing operation of a storage device based on operating temperatures in the storage deviceIBM·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
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