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Thomas F. Shirley, Jr.
Also filed as: SHIRLEY JR THOMAS F · SHIRLEY JR THOMAS FRANKLIN · SHIRLEY THOMAS F
75 granted patents·22 pending applications·306 citations·filing 1984–2025
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97 records- 0198US8935761B2Accessing storage nodes in an on-line media storage systemCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 13, 2015·35 cites·14 claims
- 0296US11366939B1Secure data transmission utilizing a set of obfuscated encoded data slicesPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 21, 2022·3 cites·20 claims
- 0396US10372506B2Compute architecture in a memory device of distributed computing systemIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 6, 2019·13 cites·17 claims
- 0495US10437673B2Internet based shared memory in a distributed computing systemIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 8, 2019·13 cites·12 claims
- 0594US9817701B2Threshold computing in a distributed computing systemIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 14, 2017·13 cites·20 claims
- 0693US9110833B2Non-temporarily storing temporarily stored data in a dispersed storage networkCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 18, 2015·12 cites·20 claims
- 0793US4677656ATelephone-radio interconnect systemMOTOROLA INC·Filed 1984·Granted Jun 30, 1987·103 cites·37 claims
- 0892US11360852B1Selection of memory in a distributed data storage networkPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 14, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 0992US8898542B2Executing partial tasks in a distributed storage and task networkCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 25, 2014·11 cites·20 claims
- 1091US10891400B2Secure data transmission utilizing distributed storageIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 12, 2021·4 cites·18 claims
- 1190US8984371B2Prioritized deleting of slices stored in a dispersed storage networkCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 17, 2015·8 cites·14 claims
- 1289US8756480B2Prioritized deleting of slices stored in a dispersed storage networkGLADWIN S CHRISTOPHER·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 17, 2014·8 cites·14 claims
- 1385US9537609B2Storing a stream of data in a dispersed storage networkCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 3, 2017·5 cites·10 claims
- 1484US9298548B2Distributed computing in a distributed storage and task networkCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 29, 2016·4 cites·12 claims
- 1583US12436841B2Preference based selection of storage network memory for data storagePURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2024·Granted Oct 7, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1683US10303521B2Determining task distribution in a distributed computing systemIBM·Filed 2016·Granted May 28, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 1783US9424132B2Adjusting dispersed storage network traffic due to rebuildingCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 23, 2016·5 cites·18 claims
- 1882US9015556B2Transforming data in a distributed storage and task networkCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 21, 2015·4 cites·22 claims
- 1981US10911230B2Securely activating functionality of a computing device in a dispersed storage networkIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 2, 2021·3 cites·18 claims
- 2081US10193689B2Storing access information in a dispersed storage networkRESCH JASON K·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 29, 2019·5 cites·18 claims
- 2181US10061650B2Priority based rebuildingIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 28, 2018·3 cites·14 claims
- 2281US9292385B2Transforming data in a distributed storage and task networkCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 22, 2016·2 cites·18 claims
- 2380US11307930B1Optimized selection of participants in distributed data rebuild/verificationPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 19, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 2480US9781207B2Dispersed storage based on estimated life and methods for use therewithCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 3, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 2580US2025071100A1Efficient Storage of a Data Object in a Storage NetworkPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2679US11734463B2Obfuscating a set of encoded data slicesPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 22, 2023·0 cites·19 claims
- 2779US10402269B2Storing data in accordance with a performance thresholdIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 3, 2019·1 cites·7 claims
- 2879US8621580B2Retrieving access information in a dispersed storage networkRESCH JASON K·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 31, 2013·4 cites·22 claims
- 2978US11714719B2Tiered storage of data in a storage networkPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 1, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3077US11989093B2Selection of memory for data storage in a storage networkPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2022·Granted May 21, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3176US10146621B2Chaining computes in a distributed computing systemIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 4, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 3276US2023267042A1Rebuilding an Encoded Data Slice Based on a Slice Integrity ValuePURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3375US9229823B2Storage and retrieval of dispersed storage network access informationRESCH JASON K·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 5, 2016·2 cites·12 claims
- 3473US11886752B2Method for determining the legal basis for transfer of a data objectPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 30, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3572US10318382B2Determining missing encoded data slicesIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 11, 2019·1 cites·18 claims
- 3671US12143373B2Efficient storage of data in a dispersed storage networkPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 12, 2024·0 cites·14 claims
- 3771US10108493B2Adjusting dispersed storage network traffic due to rebuildingIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 23, 2018·1 cites·16 claims
- 3871US9992019B2Storage and retrieval of dispersed storage network access informationIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 5, 2018·1 cites·10 claims
- 3971US9094402B2Retrieving access information in a dispersed storage networkCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 28, 2015·2 cites·18 claims
- 4070US11036584B1Dynamically adjusting write requests for a multiple phase write operationPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 15, 2021·0 cites·16 claims
- 4170US10275313B2Writing encoded data slices in a dispersed storage networkIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 30, 2019·1 cites·9 claims
- 4267US11818089B1Processing requests for a data range within a data object in a distributed storage systemPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 14, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4367US11101929B1Dynamically caching data for storage in storage units of a content delivery networkPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 24, 2021·0 cites·17 claims
- 4467US2017249212A1Maximizing redundant information in a mirrored vaultIBM·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4567US2025335414A1Threshold Computing in a Dispersed Storage NetworkPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4666US10574395B2Storing a stream of data in a dispersed storage networkIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 25, 2020·0 cites·12 claims
- 4766US9778987B2Writing encoded data slices in a dispersed storage networkCLEVERSAFE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 3, 2017·1 cites·27 claims
- 4865US10944712B1Partial task messaging in a distributed storage systemPURE STORAGE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 9, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 4965US10476849B2Monitoring and alerting for improper memory device replacementIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 12, 2019·0 cites·17 claims
- 5065US2019220911A1Renting a pipe to a storage systemIBM·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
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