HP Assigned Seven Patents

Generating parallel recovery plan for storage system
Hewlett-Packard Development, LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (8,677,208) developed by John J. Wylie, San Francisco, CA, and Kevin M. Greenan, Palo Alto, CA, for “generating a parallel recovery plan for a storage system.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method of identifying a parallel recovery plan for a data storage system comprises identifying base recovery plans for symbols of an erasure code implemented across a plurality of storage devices in a data storage system, generating a list of first recovery plans for a first symbol by manipulating the base recovery plans, and combining selected first recovery plans from the list to generate a set of parallel recovery plans to reconstruct a failed storage device.”

The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2008 (12/679,449).

Method for managing storage
Hewlett-Packard Development, LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (8,688,904) developed by Ismail Ari, San Jose, CA, Melanie M. Gottwals, San Jose, CA, and Richard H. Henze, San Carlos, CA, for a “method for managing storage.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A number of accesses of a portion of data at a first storage device is accumulated. The number of accesses is periodically decremented by a predetermined amount. Based at least in part on the number of accesses, it is determined whether the portion of data of is a candidate for migration to a second storage device.”

The patent application was filed on May 23, 2005 (11/136,593).

Automatic transmission of support information from storage apparatus
Hewlett-Packard Development, LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (8,688,821) developed by Curtis C. Ballard, Eaton, CO, and Kelly J. Reasoner, Fort Collins, CO, for an “automatic transmission of support information from storage apparatus.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Backup storage apparatus and related methods that are operative to transmit error logs to a support organization. A controller controls and monitors a robotics assembly that loads and unloads storage media into and from storage devices. An operator control panel coupled to the controller controls functions of and displays information regarding the apparatus. An interface component communicates between the controller and a support organization. An algorithm displays a menu item for requesting that error logs be sent to the support organization, and transmits a request to the component to query the storage devices to generate a support ticket comprising error logs associated with the storage devices, combine the support tickets into a single composite file for transmission, and transmit the composite file to the support organization.”

The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2005 (11/259,224).

Communication between computer and storage device
Hewlett-Packard Development, LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (8,667,188) developed by four co-inventors for a “communication between a computer and a storage device.“

The co-inventors are Monji G. Jabori, Houston, TX, Rahul Lakdawala, Cypress, TX, Richard Lin, Houston, TX, and Robin Lovelace, Tomball, TX.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for communicating between a computer and a data storage device comprises receiving, by a data storage device, information indicative of a plurality of commands and information indicative of a memory location in a computer associated with each of the plurality of commands. The method further comprises executing, by the data storage device, one of the plurality of commands. In one embodiment, executing the command comprises directly accessing the computer memory location associated with the command.”

The patent application was filed on March 24, 2010 (13/386,258).

Firmware storage medium with customized image
Hewlett-Packard Development, LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (8,661,235) developed by Jason Spottswood, Houston, TX, Andrew C. Cartes, Cypress, TX, and Kevin G. Depew, Spring, TX, for a “firmware storage medium with customized image.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In at least some embodiments, a computer system includes a processor and a firmware storage medium in communication with the processor. The firmware storage medium stores a default image invoked during a boot process and selectively stores a customized image. If the customized image is stored by the firmware storage medium, the boot process selectively substitutes at least part of the default image with at least part of the customized image.”

The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2008 (13/123,194).

Storage in nonvolatile memory
Hewlett-Packard Development, LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (8,656,091) developed by Adam J. Snyder, Bend, OR, David G. Butler, Eagle, ID, and Kenneth Kay Smith, Boise, ID, for a “storage in nonvolatile memory.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for data storage in a nonvolatile memory device includes compressing current data. The compressed current data is written to a space of the nonvolatile memory device that does not include a most recently written data. If the compressed current data is successfully written, identification data is stored on the nonvolatile memory device. The identification data identifies the written compressed current data as a currently valid version.“

The patent application was filed on July 25, 2011 (13/190,122).

Servo pattern read-back signal processing for storage devices
Hewlett-Packard Development, LP, Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (8,670,200) developed by Donald J. Fasen, Boise, ID, for a “servo pattern read-back signal processing for storage devices.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Servo pattern read-back signal processing for storage devices is described. In an example, a method of processing a read-back signal derived from a servo pattern on a storage medium in a storage device includes differentiating the read-back signal in an analog domain to produce a differentiated signal; and converting the differentiated signal into digital samples.“

The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2012 (13/403,119).