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Ronald Faye Hill, Jr.
Also filed as: HILL JR RONALD F · HILL JR RONALD FAYE · HILL RONALD F · HILL RONALD F JR
21 granted patents·4 pending applications·663 citations·filing 1984–2020
96Inventor score
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25 records- 0198US6950723B2Method, system, and program for virtualization of data storage library addressesIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 27, 2005·101 cites·30 claims
- 0293US11127430B1Robotic confirmation of column straightnessIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 21, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 0393US6957328B2System and method using a first counter and a second counter to select a code image during a reboot routineIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 18, 2005·90 cites·69 claims
- 0493US6725352B2Method to partition a data storage and retrieval system into one or more logical librariesIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 20, 2004·47 cites·15 claims
- 0592US4621942AGrass paving structureBARTRON CORP·Filed 1984·Granted Nov 11, 1986·69 cites·7 claims
- 0687US5237668AProcess using virtual addressing in a non-privileged instruction to control the copying of a page of data in or between multiple mediaIBM·Filed 1989·Granted Aug 17, 1993·91 cites·52 claims
- 0782US7774095B2System and program for virtualization of data storage library addressesIBM·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 10, 2010·3 cites·14 claims
- 0878US6813698B2Concurrent configuration of drives of a data storage libraryIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 2, 2004·31 cites·20 claims
- 0978US6625703B2Verifying primary and backup copies of vital information for a processing system employing a pseudo-fixed reference identifierIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 23, 2003·28 cites·85 claims
- 1076US5383302AApparatus and method for growing strongly-rooted trees, and preventing root damage to hardscapesFiled 1992·Granted Jan 24, 1995·34 cites·21 claims
- 1173US5388266AManagement of data objects used intain state information for shared data at a local complexIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Feb 7, 1995·63 cites·31 claims
- 1271US5280593AComputer system permitting switching between architected and interpretation instructions in a pipeline by enabling pipeline drainIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 18, 1994·63 cites·3 claims
- 1370US7487008B2Virtualization of data storage library addressesIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 3, 2009·3 cites·7 claims
- 1459US11442653B2Fee-based provisioning of supplemental drives in automated data storage librariesIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 13, 2022·0 cites·14 claims
- 1559US7092990B2Handling node address failure in a distributed nodal system of processorsIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 15, 2006·4 cites·19 claims
- 1658US7941242B2Apparatus and method to provide redundant accessor availabilityIBM·Filed 2003·Granted May 10, 2011·3 cites·36 claims
- 1758US7346911B2Method, system, and program for communication among nodes in a systemIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 18, 2008·4 cites·12 claims
- 1854US11704040B2Transparent drive-to-drive copyingIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 18, 2023·0 cites·19 claims
- 1953US7047286B2Method of modifying a logical library configuration from a remote management applicationIBM·Filed 2002·Granted May 16, 2006·7 cites·10 claims
- 2053US2010172045A1Calibration of an automated data storage library with a cartridge-like elementGOODMAN BRIAN GERARD·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2152US7784061B2System and article of manufacture for communication among nodes in a systemIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 24, 2010·0 cites·28 claims
- 2249US2006190599A1Handling node address failure in a distributed nodal system of processorsGOODMAN BRIAN G·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2345US5615354AMethod and system for controlling references to system storage by overriding valuesIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 25, 1997·18 cites·38 claims
- 2445US2005229020A1Error handling in an embedded systemIBM·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 2541US2005158133A1Tile cutting attachmentFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
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