Inventor

Joshua J. Crawford

Inventor

Tucson, AZ, US

Overview

2013–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 60 as inventor

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

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing85%

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer8%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication6%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes1%

PatentTitleYear

11,132,271Determining which target is most ahead in a multi-target mirroring environment2021 11,099,751Determining tracks to release in a source volume being copied to a target volume2021 11,100,132Intelligent space release in asynchronous mirror journal volumes2021 11,079,935Processing a space release command to free release space in a consistency group2021 10,983,702Reducing data storage system I/O bandwidth via read-once point in time copy2021 10,809,917User interface for host port assignment2020 10,776,258Avoiding out-of-space conditions in asynchronous data replication environments2020 10,733,060Asynchronous local and remote generation of consistent point-in-time snap copies in consistency groups2020 10,719,244Multi-mode data replication for data loss risk reduction2020 10,712,953Management of a data written via a bus interface to a storage controller during remote copy operations2020 10,620,882Autonomic configuration of storage systems for virtualization2020 10,606,486Workload optimized planning, configuration, and monitoring for a storage system environment2020 10,606,489Sidefiles for management of data written via a bus interface to a storage controller during consistent copying of data2020 10,558,532Recovering from a mistaken point-in-time copy restore2020 10,545,688Management of data written via a bus interface to a storage controller during consistent copying of data2020 10,528,256Processing a space release command to free release space in a consistency group2020 10,528,593Consistent point-in-time copy of a consistent asynchronous mirror target without pausing a consistent asynchronous mirror copy2020 10,489,081Reducing coordination times in asynchronous data replication environments2019 10,437,679Point-in-time snap copy withdrawal management2019 10,409,733Determining space to release in a target volume to which tracks from a source volume are mirrored2019 10,402,107Determining tracks to release in a source volume being copied to a target volume2019 10,394,455Determining tracks to release in a target volume mirrored from a source volume2019 10,394,483Target volume shadow copy2019 10,289,322Delayed consistent point-in-time copy from a secondary volume of a consistent asynchronous mirror copy2019 10,228,873Swapping tape cartridges in tape libraries2019 10,229,180Consistent point-in-time copy of a consistent asynchronous mirror target without pausing a consistent asynchronous mirror copy2019 10,223,210Asynchronous local and remote generation of consistent point-in-time snap copies in consistency groups2019 10,157,001Reducing data storage system I/O bandwidth via read-once point in time copy2018 10,156,991User interface for host port assignment2018 10,082,973Accelerated recovery in data replication environments2018 10,042,570Tape backup and restore in a disk storage environment with intelligent data placement2018 10,033,810Recovery point objective via dynamic usage of bind segments in a global mirror environment2018 10,019,202Autonomic configuration of storage systems for virtualization2018 9,965,184Multiple storage subpools of a virtual storage pool in a multiple processor environment2018 9,952,768Multiple mode data structures for representation of multiple system components in a storage management system2018 9,946,617Optimized recovery in data replication environments2018 9,891,849'Accelerated recovery in data replication environments'2018 9,886,333'Command-based storage scenario prediction'2018 9,875,046Tape backup and restore in a disk storage environment with intelligent data placement2018 9,767,035'Pass-through tape access in a disk storage environment'2017 9,665,308'Optimization of the copying of change recorded data by using spare flash capacity'2017 9,639,290'Substitution of a target volume of a secondary storage controller for a source volume of a primary storage controller for executing a write operation'2017 9,606,749'Asynchronous tape backup and restore from tape backup in a disk storage environment'2017 9,601,151'Reducing data storage system I/O bandwidth via read-once point in time copy'2017 9,575,800'Using queues corresponding to attribute values and priorities associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to process'2017 9,535,618'Tape backup and restore in a disk storage environment with intelligent data placement'2017 9,423,973'Asynchronous tape backup and restore from tape backup in a disk storage environment'2016 9,423,975'Substitution of a target volume of a secondary storage controller for a source volume of a primary storage controller for executing a write operation'2016 9,323,621'Dynamic monitoring of command line queries'2016 9,280,296'Recovery from failure of primary storage volumes by using mirrored data maintained with host timestamps'2016 9,264,493'Asynchronous pausing of the formation of consistency groups'2016 9,250,818'Transferring learning metadata between storage servers having clusters via copy services operations on a shared virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata'2016 9,244,786'Substitution of a target volume of a secondary storage controller for a source volume of a primary storage controller for executing a write operation'2016 9,240,209'Pass-through tape access in a disk storage environment'2016 9,235,483'Substitution of a target volume of a secondary storage controller for a source volume of a primary storage controller for executing a write operation'2016 9,213,752'Asynchronous pausing of the formation of consistency groups'2015 9,063,997'Asynchronous pausing of the formation of consistency groups'2015 8,904,123'Transferring learning metadata between storage servers having clusters via copy services operations on a shared virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata'2014 8,539,175'Transferring learning metadata between storage servers having clusters via copy services operations on a shared virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata'2013 8,495,313'Transferring learning metadata between storage servers having clusters via copy services operations on a shared virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata'2013

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2013–2021Patents assigned to IBM (59)· patent assignee history

2013–2016Patents assigned to CRAWFORD JOSHUA JAMES (4)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to DONIE BENJAMIN JAY (2)· patent assignee history

2013–2021Based in Tucson, AZ, US· patent location history

2015Based in Tuscon, AZ, US· patent location history

2016Patents assigned to DONIE BENJAMIN J (2)· patent assignee history

2016Patents assigned to KOSTER ANDREAS BERNARDUS MATTIAS (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
IBM	59	2013–2021
CRAWFORD JOSHUA JAMESself	4	2013–2016
DONIE BENJAMIN J	2	2016
DONIE BENJAMIN JAY	2	2013
KOSTER ANDREAS BERNARDUS MATTIAS	2	2016

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Tucson, AZ, US	59	2013–2021
Tuscon, AZ, US	1	2015