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Charles Binford
Also filed as: BINFORD CHARLES · BINFORD CHARLES D
40 granted patents·5 pending applications·1,802 citations·filing 1994–2023
98Inventor score
Files withNETAPP INC24LSI LOGIC CORP11LEE WHAY SING3SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3AT & T GLOBAL INF SOLUTION1
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45 records- 0196US6895485B1Configuring and monitoring data volumes in a consolidated storage array using one storage array to configure the other storage arraysLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2000·Granted May 17, 2005·160 cites·10 claims
- 0296US6675268B1Method and apparatus for handling transfers of data volumes between controllers in a storage environment having multiple paths to the data volumesLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 6, 2004·160 cites·21 claims
- 0393US8396981B1Gateway for connecting storage clients and storage serversLEE WHAY SING·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 12, 2013·38 cites·10 claims
- 0493US5875343AEmploying request queues and completion queues between main processors and I/O processors wherein a main processor is interrupted when a certain number of completion messages are present in its completion queueLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 23, 1999·183 cites·16 claims
- 0592US5883909AMethod and apparatus for reducing data transfers across a memory bus of a disk array controllerLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 16, 1999·198 cites·19 claims
- 0691US8527661B1Gateway for connecting clients and servers utilizing remote direct memory access controls to separate data path from control pathLEE WHAY SING·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 3, 2013·26 cites·17 claims
- 0791US7676625B2Cross-coupled peripheral component interconnect express switchSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 9, 2010·36 cites·20 claims
- 0889US5533190AMethod for maintaining parity-data consistency in a disk arrayAT & T GLOBAL INF SOLUTION·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 2, 1996·166 cites·14 claims
- 0988US8121993B2Data sharing and recovery within a network of untrusted storage devices using data object fingerprintingBLOUNT JOSEPH·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 21, 2012·36 cites·19 claims
- 1088US5975738AMethod for detecting failure in redundant controllers using a private LUNLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 2, 1999·145 cites·24 claims
- 1186US5917723AMethod and apparatus for transferring data between two devices with reduced microprocessor overheadLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 29, 1999·129 cites·16 claims
- 1285US9830233B2Online backup to an object service using bulk exportNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 28, 2017·4 cites·17 claims
- 1385US6754853B1Testing components of a computerized storage network system having a storage unit with multiple controllersLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 22, 2004·41 cites·32 claims
- 1484US8539109B1Third party direct memory access protocol extension to separate data path from control pathLEE WHAY SING·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 17, 2013·13 cites·12 claims
- 1584US6366965B1System for updating an identity of a device in response to determining that a neighbor device has an identity different from one stored thereinLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 2, 2002·119 cites·14 claims
- 1682US8468313B2Asynchronous replication with write concurrency groupingYIM WAI C·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 18, 2013·16 cites·13 claims
- 1782US5671365AI/O system for reducing main processor overhead in initiating I/O requests and servicing I/O completion eventsSYMBIOS LOGIC INC·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 23, 1997·89 cites·14 claims
- 1881US6108684AMethods and apparatus for balancing loads on a storage subsystem among a plurality of controllersLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 22, 2000·101 cites·13 claims
- 1980US11662929B2Systems, methods, and computer readable media providing arbitrary sizing of data extentsNETAPP INC·Filed 2020·Granted May 30, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 2080US6055228AMethods and apparatus for dynamic topology configuration in a daisy-chained communication environmentLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 25, 2000·119 cites·10 claims
- 2179US11449239B2Write-ahead log maintenance and recoveryNETAPP INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 20, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 2276US10838630B2Write-ahead log maintenance and recoveryNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 17, 2020·2 cites·17 claims
- 2376US9367245B2Data access request monitoring to reduce system resource use for background operationsNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 14, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 2475US12265716B2Systems, methods, and computer readable media providing arbitrary sizing of data extentsNETAPP INC·Filed 2023·Granted Apr 1, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2573US9990261B2System and method for recovering a storage arrayNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 5, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 2672US10127117B2Online backup to an object service using bulk exportNETAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 13, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 2770US10180885B2Prioritized data recovery from an object storage service and concurrent data backupNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 15, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 2869US10802740B2Systems, methods, and computer readable media providing arbitrary sizing of data extentsNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 13, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 2967US7594060B2Data buffer allocation in a non-blocking data services platform using input/output switching fabricSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 22, 2009·4 cites·20 claims
- 3065US11644978B2Read and write load sharing in a storage array via partitioned ownership of data blocksNETAPP INC·Filed 2021·Granted May 9, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3162US10691339B2Methods for reducing initialization duration and performance impact during configuration of storage drivesNETAPP INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 23, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 3260US11500592B2Systems and methods for allocating data compression activities in a storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 15, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 3357US10303362B2Methods for reducing initialization duration and performance impact during configuration of storage drivesNETAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 28, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 3455US11175831B2Read and write load sharing in a storage array via partitioned ownership of data blocksNETAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 16, 2021·0 cites·19 claims
- 3554US10503443B2Systems and methods for allocating data compression activities in a storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 10, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 3650US6820139B1Method and architecture to associate enclosure service data with physical devices on a fibre channel loop with soft addressesLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 16, 2004·5 cites·21 claims
- 3748US10915405B2Methods for handling storage element failures to reduce storage device failure rates and devices thereofNETAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 9, 2021·0 cites·18 claims
- 3846US9832270B2Determining I/O performance headroomNETAPP INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 28, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 3944US10366065B2Memory efficient lookup structureNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 30, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 4043US2008052403A1Input/output routers with dual internal portsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4142US9830094B2Dynamic transitioning of protection information in array systemsNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 28, 2017·0 cites·18 claims
- 4238US2017315924A1Dynamically Sizing a Hierarchical Tree Based on ActivityNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 4337US2017147441A1Selective Data Roll-Back and Roll-ForwardNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 4437US2016342609A1Systems, methods, and computer program products providing an elastic snapshot repositoryNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 4535US2017031771A1Dynamically Growing and Shrinking Snapshot Repositories Without Impacting Performance or LatencyNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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