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Ronald Maynard Kern
Also filed as: KERN RONALD M · KERN RONALD MAYNARD
24 granted patents·5,791 citations·filing 1987–2007
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24 records- 0199US5619644ASoftware directed microcode state save for distributed storage controllerIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 8, 1997·1.2k cites·20 claims
- 0298US7472312B2Invalidation of storage control unit cache metadataIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 30, 2008·98 cites·20 claims
- 0398US5241670AMethod and system for automated backup copy ordering in a time zero backup copy sessionIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 31, 1993·1.5k cites·16 claims
- 0496US7340652B2Invalidation of storage control unit cache metadataIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 4, 2008·120 cites·25 claims
- 0596US5734818AForming consistency groups using self-describing record sets for remote data duplexingIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 31, 1998·343 cites·21 claims
- 0695US6842825B2Adjusting timestamps to preserve update timing information for cached data objectsIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 11, 2005·149 cites·21 claims
- 0795US6463501B1Method, system and program for maintaining data consistency among updates across groups of storage areas using update timesIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 8, 2002·231 cites·42 claims
- 0895US6212531B1Method for implementing point-in-time copy using a snapshot functionIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 3, 2001·292 cites·20 claims
- 0994US5504861ARemote data duplexingIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 2, 1996·344 cites·20 claims
- 1093US6484187B1Coordinating remote copy status changes across multiple logical sessions to maintain consistencyIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 19, 2002·94 cites·24 claims
- 1192US4827462AModular data storage directories for large-capacity data storage unitsIBM·Filed 1987·Granted May 2, 1989·172 cites·57 claims
- 1290US6260124B1System and method for dynamically resynchronizing backup dataIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 10, 2001·147 cites·6 claims
- 1389US6088697ADynamic change management in an extended remote copy operationIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 11, 2000·153 cites·33 claims
- 1489US6078932APoint-in-time backup utilizing multiple copy technologiesIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 20, 2000·153 cites·18 claims
- 1586US6772303B2System and method for dynamically resynchronizing backup dataIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 3, 2004·41 cites·18 claims
- 1683US6247103B1Host storage management control of outboard data movement using push-pull operationsIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 12, 2001·106 cites·12 claims
- 1783US5119291AModular data storage directories for large-capacity data storage units wherein the index to the records in a sector is located in the next adjacent sectorIBM·Filed 1990·Granted Jun 2, 1992·109 cites·4 claims
- 1882US6301643B1Multi-environment data consistencyIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 9, 2001·103 cites·15 claims
- 1981US6052758AInterface error detection and isolation in a direct access storage device DASD systemIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 18, 2000·99 cites·23 claims
- 2072US6393537B1Host storage management control of outboard data movementIBM·Filed 1998·Granted May 21, 2002·63 cites·14 claims
- 2172US6105078AExtended remote copying system for reporting both active and idle conditions wherein the idle condition indicates no updates to the system for a predetermined time periodIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 15, 2000·62 cites·30 claims
- 2269US6260129B1Management of fixed pages in memory for input/output operationsIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 10, 2001·56 cites·34 claims
- 2368US6202124B1Data storage system with outboard physical data transfer operation utilizing data path distinct from hostIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 13, 2001·53 cites·20 claims
- 2459US5778393AAdaptive multitasking for dataset storageIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 7, 1998·25 cites·42 claims
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