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Yoshiki Kano
Also filed as: KANO YOSHIKI
79 granted patents·17 pending applications·1,804 citations·filing 2000–2018
99Inventor score
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96 records- 0199US7870105B2Methods and apparatus for deduplication in storage systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 11, 2011·419 cites·21 claims
- 0299US7836332B2Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systemsHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 16, 2010·182 cites·14 claims
- 0398US7366808B2System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible OSD storage subsystemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 29, 2008·80 cites·20 claims
- 0498US7130960B1System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 31, 2006·95 cites·8 claims
- 0597US8429446B2Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systemsHARA JUNICHI·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 23, 2013·44 cites·19 claims
- 0696US7590887B2Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshotsHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 15, 2009·48 cites·6 claims
- 0796US7536491B2System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible OSD storage subsystemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted May 19, 2009·54 cites·19 claims
- 0896US7162600B2Data copying method and apparatus in a thin provisioned systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 9, 2007·46 cites·27 claims
- 0996US6725328B2Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage deviceHITACHI LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 20, 2004·91 cites·6 claims
- 1095US7155593B2Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiersHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 26, 2006·34 cites·12 claims
- 1194US8127103B2Storage apparatus, memory area managing method thereof, and flash memory packageKANO YOSHIKI·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 28, 2012·39 cites·19 claims
- 1294US7873809B2Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operationHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 18, 2011·31 cites·20 claims
- 1394US7222194B2Backup systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2002·Granted May 22, 2007·95 cites·10 claims
- 1493US9348724B2Method and apparatus for maintaining a workload service level on a converged platformOTA HIROMICHI·Filed 2012·Granted May 24, 2016·42 cites·19 claims
- 1593US7509454B2System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 24, 2009·23 cites·8 claims
- 1691US8037344B2Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systemsHITACHI LTD·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 11, 2011·12 cites·9 claims
- 1791US7281109B2Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiersHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 9, 2007·16 cites·12 claims
- 1889US8015371B2Storage apparatus and method of managing data storage areaHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 6, 2011·15 cites·15 claims
- 1989US7716441B2Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiersHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted May 11, 2010·13 cites·14 claims
- 2088US7747830B2Backup system with continuous data protectionHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 29, 2010·18 cites·2 claims
- 2188US7647360B2System and method for managing a consistency among volumes in a continuous data protection environmentHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 12, 2010·20 cites·5 claims
- 2288US7293140B2Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activityHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 6, 2007·15 cites·20 claims
- 2388US7062624B2Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiersHITACHI LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 13, 2006·37 cites·23 claims
- 2488US6836819B2Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage deviceHITACHI LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 28, 2004·31 cites·6 claims
- 2587US8015377B2Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operationHITACHI LTD·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 6, 2011·7 cites·7 claims
- 2686US7263578B2System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 28, 2007·11 cites·20 claims
- 2785US8478958B2Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operationKANO YOSHIKI·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 2, 2013·6 cites·18 claims
- 2885US7739446B2System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 15, 2010·10 cites·1 claims
- 2984US7216148B2Storage system having a plurality of controllersHITACHI LTD·Filed 2001·Granted May 8, 2007·34 cites·7 claims
- 3083US8583757B2Data processing method and computer systemTAKAOKA NOBUMITSU·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 12, 2013·8 cites·15 claims
- 3182US7996635B2Offsite management using disk based tape library and vault systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 9, 2011·8 cites·6 claims
- 3282US7376865B2Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshotsHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted May 20, 2008·9 cites·4 claims
- 3381US7562197B2Method and apparatus for multistage volume lockingHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 14, 2009·7 cites·9 claims
- 3480US8745342B2Computer system for controlling backups using wide area networkAMANO TAKASHI·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 3, 2014·10 cites·2 claims
- 3579US8028127B2Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage deviceHITACHI LTD·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 27, 2011·3 cites·7 claims
- 3679US7953574B2Methods and apparatuses for heat management in information systemsHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted May 31, 2011·9 cites·18 claims
- 3779US7930474B2Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage deviceHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 19, 2011·5 cites·38 claims
- 3879US7818499B2Methods and apparatuses for heat management in storage systemsHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 19, 2010·9 cites·16 claims
- 3978US7831687B2Storage system managing data through a wide area networkHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 9, 2010·6 cites·3 claims
- 4077US8429372B2Allocating substitute area capacity in a storage system using flash memory packagesYAMAMOTO MASAYUKI·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 23, 2013·3 cites·2 claims
- 4177US8176275B2Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operationKANO YOSHIKI·Filed 2011·Granted May 8, 2012·3 cites·9 claims
- 4277US7664785B2Method and apparatus of WAFS backup managed in centralized centerHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 16, 2010·8 cites·36 claims
- 4376US7181646B2Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshotsHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 20, 2007·16 cites·12 claims
- 4475US8275965B2Creating substitute area capacity in a storage apparatus using flash memoryYAMAMOTO MASAYUKI·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 25, 2012·5 cites·8 claims
- 4575US7464224B2Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activityHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 9, 2008·5 cites·20 claims
- 4674US7711712B2System and method for managing consistency among volumes based on application informationHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted May 4, 2010·6 cites·23 claims
- 4774US7441080B2Method of and system for controlling attributes of a plurality of storage devicesHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 21, 2008·5 cites·18 claims
- 4873US7127575B2Offsite management using disk based tape library and vault systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 24, 2006·13 cites·17 claims
- 4972US6697866B1Access control method for data stored in fixed-block length format in computer configurations utilizing variable length data format interfacesHITACHI LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 24, 2004·18 cites·20 claims
- 5071US8108595B2Storage apparatus and method of managing data storage areaARAKI AKIHIKO·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 31, 2012·3 cites·12 claims
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