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Steven S. Watanabe
Also filed as: WATANABE STEVEN · WATANABE STEVEN S
21 granted patents·911 citations·filing 2001–2017
96Inventor score
Technology areasG06F
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
21 records- 0199US7613947B1System and method for storage takeoverNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 3, 2009·395 cites·27 claims
- 0297US7249150B1System and method for parallelized replay of an NVRAM log in a storage applianceNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 24, 2007·150 cites·10 claims
- 0396US9141492B2Transparently migrating a storage object between nodes in a clustered storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 22, 2015·31 cites·20 claims
- 0495US8751533B1Method and system for transparently migrating storage objects between nodes in a clustered storage systemDHAVALE POONAM·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 10, 2014·82 cites·26 claims
- 0593US9785525B2High availability failover managerNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 10, 2017·14 cites·20 claims
- 0693US7631021B2Apparatus and method for data replication at an intermediate nodeNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 8, 2009·39 cites·39 claims
- 0792US7711683B1Method and system for maintaining disk location via homenessNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 4, 2010·27 cites·18 claims
- 0890US8327186B2Takeover of a failed node of a cluster storage system on a per aggregate basisCOATNEY SUSAN M·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 4, 2012·29 cites·24 claims
- 0990US7698306B2System and method for parallelized replay of an NVRAM log in a storage applianceNETAPP INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 13, 2010·17 cites·23 claims
- 1086US7546302B1Method and system for improved resource givebackNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 9, 2009·16 cites·13 claims
- 1185US10360120B2High availability failover managerNETAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 23, 2019·4 cites·20 claims
- 1283US7930587B1System and method for storage takeoverNETAPP INC·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 19, 2011·10 cites·30 claims
- 1380US7143235B1Proposed configuration management behaviors in a raid subsystemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 28, 2006·27 cites·31 claims
- 1479US7937367B2System and method for parallelized replay of an NVRAM log in a storage applianceNETAPP INC·Filed 2009·Granted May 3, 2011·6 cites·26 claims
- 1579US7260678B1System and method for determining disk ownership modelNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 21, 2007·25 cites·20 claims
- 1678US7293195B1System and method for coordinated bringup of a storage appliance in a cluster configurationNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 6, 2007·22 cites·32 claims
- 1777US8028054B1System and method for coordinated bringup of a storage appliance in a cluster configurationNETAPP INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 27, 2011·7 cites·25 claims
- 1872US7779201B1System and method for determining disk ownership modelNETAPP INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 17, 2010·5 cites·40 claims
- 1971US9846734B2Transparently migrating a storage object between nodes in a clustered storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 19, 2017·1 cites·18 claims
- 2069US8041736B1Method and system for maintaining disk location via homenessNETAPP INC·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 18, 2011·2 cites·18 claims
- 2163US7774544B1Reliable disk ownership changesNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 10, 2010·2 cites·46 claims
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