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Ralph Thomas Beeston
Also filed as: BEESTON RALPH T · BEESTON RALPH THOMAS
24 granted patents·6 pending applications·231 citations·filing 2001–2019
96Inventor score
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30 records- 0193US7991758B2System and method for performing a search operation within a sequential access data storage subsystemIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 2, 2011·47 cites·38 claims
- 0287US7337262B2Adaptive read ahead method of data recorded on a sequential media readable via a variable data block size storage deviceIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 26, 2008·19 cites·21 claims
- 0383US6832287B2System for fast tape file positioningIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 14, 2004·16 cites·19 claims
- 0482US7567886B2Method to validate system configuration in a data storage and retrieval systemIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 28, 2009·11 cites·20 claims
- 0580US8239570B2Using link send and receive information to select one of multiple links to use to transfer data for send and receive operationsBEESTON RALPH THOMAS·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 7, 2012·10 cites·20 claims
- 0679US9372801B2Managing a cache in a multi-node virtual tape controllerIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 21, 2016·2 cites·20 claims
- 0779US6857044B2Data storage device for fast multiple file write operationsIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 15, 2005·30 cites·44 claims
- 0878US8856450B2Systems for managing a cache in a multi-node virtual tape controllerBEESTON RALPH T·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 7, 2014·4 cites·15 claims
- 0978US7870226B2Method and system for an update synchronization of a domain information fileIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 11, 2011·11 cites·24 claims
- 1076US7779110B2Apparatus, system, and method for communicating control messages between a first device and a second deviceIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 17, 2010·6 cites·21 claims
- 1175US7409442B2Method for communicating control messages between a first device and a second deviceIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 5, 2008·18 cites·5 claims
- 1274US9229829B2Synchronous mode replication to multiple clustersBEESTON RALPH T·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 5, 2016·4 cites·33 claims
- 1373US7020742B2System for fast tape file positioningIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 28, 2006·8 cites·9 claims
- 1468US9058110B2Managing a cache in a multi-node virtual tape controllerIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 16, 2015·1 cites·20 claims
- 1568US8856206B2Maintaining message versions at nodes in a networkANNA GARY·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 7, 2014·4 cites·27 claims
- 1668US8028201B2Leveled logging data automation for virtual tape server applicationsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 27, 2011·4 cites·15 claims
- 1768US6854052B2Method to validate system configurationIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 8, 2005·12 cites·29 claims
- 1867US6868487B2Data storage device and method for storing information using alternate information storage architecturesIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 15, 2005·13 cites·50 claims
- 1965US9037802B2Methods for managing a cache in a multi-node virtual tape controllerBEESTON RALPH T·Filed 2012·Granted May 19, 2015·1 cites·13 claims
- 2063US11068188B2Monitored migration of copies of volumes of data between clusters of a virtual tape library systemIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 20, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 2162US8392909B2Synchronizing vital product data for computer processor subsystemsANNA GARY·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 5, 2013·3 cites·8 claims
- 2256US8565067B2Apparatus, system, and method for link maintenanceBEESTON RALPH THOMAS·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 22, 2013·1 cites·20 claims
- 2356US7117333B2Apparatus, system, and method to estimate memory for recovering dataIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 3, 2006·5 cites·28 claims
- 2448US7664995B2Transfer of application loggin status information across subsystem nodesIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 16, 2010·0 cites·21 claims
- 2548US2008010416A1Adaptive Read Ahead Method of Data Recorded on a Sequential Media Readable via a Variable Data Block Size Storage DeviceBEESTON RALPH T·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2644US2007226542A1Simulated message generation for simulation testing of a node operationIBM·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2743US2006253729A1Outboard swap of defective device in a storage subsystemIBM·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2842US2007208784A1Parsing computer system logging information collected by common loggingBEESTON RALPH T·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2941US2007130303A1Apparatus, system, and method for recovering messages from a failed nodeANNA GARY·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3037US2003063408A1Data storage device for fast multiple file write operationsFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
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