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Robert J. Curran
Also filed as: CURRAN ROBERT · CURRAN ROBERT J
25 granted patents·5 pending applications·1,329 citations·filing 1988–2012
97Inventor score
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30 records- 0195US6571261B1Defragmentation utility for a shared disk parallel file system across a storage area networkIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 27, 2003·174 cites·20 claims
- 0294US5322143AVehicle lift and locking mechanism for use therewithWHEELTRONIC A DIVISION OF DERL·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 21, 1994·99 cites·14 claims
- 0391US5946686AParallel file system and method with quota allocationIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 31, 1999·155 cites·10 claims
- 0490US5974424AParallel file system and method with a metadata nodeIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 26, 1999·129 cites·7 claims
- 0589US7840995B2File level security for a metadata controller in a storage area networkIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 23, 2010·17 cites·2 claims
- 0689US7072894B2Data management application programming interface handling mount on multiple nodes in a parallel file systemIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 4, 2006·42 cites·63 claims
- 0789US6990478B2Data management application programming interface for a parallel file systemIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 24, 2006·47 cites·47 claims
- 0889US4976336ALifting apparatus and lifting arm assembly for use thereinDERLAN MANUFACTURING INC·Filed 1988·Granted Dec 11, 1990·53 cites·19 claims
- 0987US7010528B2Mechanism for running parallel application programs on metadata controller nodesIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 7, 2006·56 cites·8 claims
- 1085US6021508AParallel file system and method for independent metadata logginIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 1, 2000·131 cites·10 claims
- 1185US5950199AParallel file system and method for granting byte range tokensIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 7, 1999·124 cites·4 claims
- 1284US7234077B2Rapid restoration of file system usage in very large file systemsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 19, 2007·39 cites·28 claims
- 1384US7111291B2Data management application programming interface session management for a parallel file systemIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 19, 2006·28 cites·57 claims
- 1481US7092976B2Parallel high speed backup for a storage area network (SAN) file systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 15, 2006·49 cites·10 claims
- 1580US5956734AParallel file system with a quota check utilityIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·98 cites·11 claims
- 1679US8464627B2Vehicle and structure shield with improved hard pointsFARINELLA MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 18, 2013·7 cites·25 claims
- 1777US8453552B2Method of designing an RPG shieldFARINELLA MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 4, 2013·6 cites·16 claims
- 1872US6708175B2Program support for disk fencing in a shared disk parallel file system across storage area networkIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 16, 2004·19 cites·8 claims
- 1971US9590839B2Controlling access to a shared storage systemIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 7, 2017·3 cites·21 claims
- 2071US8607685B2Load sharing hard point netFARINELLA MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 17, 2013·4 cites·23 claims
- 2168US7448077B2File level security for a metadata controller in a storage area networkIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 4, 2008·11 cites·5 claims
- 2263US6915391B2Support for single-node quorum in a two-node nodeset for a shared disk parallel file systemIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 5, 2005·11 cites·4 claims
- 2358US7991753B2Lock acquisition among nodes of divided clusterIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 2, 2011·4 cites·10 claims
- 2455US5099956APlate for adjusting the wheels of a vehicleDERLAN MANUFACTURING INC·Filed 1990·Granted Mar 31, 1992·19 cites·19 claims
- 2548US8140622B2Parallel metadata service in storage area network environmentCURRAN ROBERT J·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 20, 2012·4 cites·7 claims
- 2647US2011258306A1Lock acquisition among node of divided clusterRAO SUDHIR G·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 2745US2006074940A1Dynamic management of node clusters to enable data sharingIBM·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 2844US2004268068A1Efficient method for copying and creating block-level incremental backups of large files and sparse filesIBM·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 2943US2005125556A1Data movement management system and method for a storage area network file system employing the data management application programming interfaceIBM·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 3041US2003220943A1Recovery of a single metadata controller failure in a storage area network environmentIBM·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
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