Inventor

George Alexander Kalwitz

Inventor

Mead, CO, US

Overview

1995–2019

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 36 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing65%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication28%

H05KPrinted circuits2%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests2%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification2%

PatentTitleYear

10,310,980Prefetch command optimization for tiered storage systems2019 9,760,293'Mirrored data storage with improved data reliability'2017 9,456,515'Storage enclosure with independent storage device drawers'2016 9,176,835'Network, storage appliance, and method for externalizing an external I/O link between a server and a storage controller integrated within the storage appliance chassis'2015 8,185,777'Network storage appliance with integrated server and redundant storage controllers'2012 8,074,105'High data availability SAS-based RAID system'2011 7,793,145'Method and apparatus for verifying fault tolerant configuration'2010 7,689,736'Method and apparatus for a storage controller to dynamically determine the usage of onboard I/O ports'2010 7,676,600'Network, storage appliance, and method for externalizing an internal I/O link between a server and a storage controller integrated within the storage appliance chassis'2010 7,673,185'Adaptive SAS PHY configuration'2010 7,661,014'Network storage appliance with integrated server and redundant storage controllers'2010 7,606,944'Dynamic input/output optimization within a storage controller'2009 7,565,566'Network storage appliance with an integrated switch'2009 7,539,799'Method and apparatus for identifying enclosures and devices'2009 7,536,584'Fault-isolating SAS expander'2009 7,464,214'Application server blade for embedded storage appliance'2008 7,464,205'Application server blade for embedded storage appliance'2008 7,437,604'Network storage appliance with integrated redundant servers and storage controllers'2008 7,380,163'Apparatus and method for deterministically performing active-active failover of redundant servers in response to a heartbeat link failure'2008 7,334,064'Application server blade for embedded storage appliance'2008 7,330,999'Network storage appliance with integrated redundant servers and storage controllers'2008 7,320,083'Apparatus and method for storage controller to deterministically kill one of redundant servers integrated within the storage controller chassis'2008 7,278,054'Apparatus and method for deterministically performing active-active failover of redundant servers in response to a heartbeat link failure'2007 5,815,722'In an interactive network board, a method and apparatus for remotely downloading and executing files in a memory'1998 5,784,622'Method and apparatus for multiprotocol operation of a networked peripheral'1998 5,696,899'Method and apparatus for adaptively determining the format of data packets carried on a local area network'1997 5,657,448'System for an interactive network board remotely configurable by selecting from a plurality of functionality defining software, such as a printer server stored in prom'1997 5,647,056'Method and apparatus for managing access to a networked peripheral'1997 5,623,604'Method and apparatus for remotely altering programmable firmware stored in an interactive network board coupled to a network peripheral'1997 5,613,160'In an interactive network board, method and apparatus for placing a network peripheral in a default configuration'1997 5,611,046'Method and apparatus for interfacing a peripheral to a local area network'1997 5,568,612'Method and apparatus for advertising services of two network servers from a single network node'1996 5,537,626'Apparatus for coupling printer with LAN to control printer operation by transferring control parameters, printer status data and printer configuration data between printer and LAN'1996 5,537,550'Interactive network board for logging peripheral statistics with logging level commands'1996 5,530,862'In an interactive network board, method and apparatus for loading independently executable modules in prom'1996 5,438,528'Method and apparatus for testing an interactive network board in a local area network (LAN).'1995

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1995–1998Patents assigned to CANON INFORMATION SYST INC (4)· patent assignee history

1995–1998Based in Costa Mesa, CA, US· patent location history

1996–1998Patents assigned to CANON KK (9)· patent assignee history

2007–2019Based in Mead, CO, US· patent location history

2008–2015Patents assigned to DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP (19)· patent assignee history

2011–2017Patents assigned to KALWITZ GEORGE ALEXANDER (5)· patent assignee history

2011–2016Patents assigned to PECONE VICTOR KEY (4)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP	19	2008–2015
CANON KK	9	1996–1998
KALWITZ GEORGE ALEXANDERself	5	2011–2017
CANON INFORMATION SYST INC	4	1995–1998
PECONE VICTOR KEY	4	2011–2016

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Mead, CO, US	23	2007–2019
Costa Mesa, California, US	13	1995–1998