Inventor
Kevin Kidney
Inventor
Lafayette, CO, US
Overview
Patents· 19 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G06Fprimary
G06FElectric digital data processing82%
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer5%
H03MCoding5%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication5%
Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use5%
PatentTitleYear
10,579,540Raid data migration through stripe swapping20209,720,606'Methods and structure for online migration of data in storage systems comprising a plurality of storage devices'20179,620,165'Banded allocation of device address ranges in distributed parity schemes'20179,606,918'Methods and systems for dynamically controlled caching'20179,483,402'Methods and systems for dynamically controlled caching'20169,400,615'Priority command queues for low latency solid state drives'20169,170,740'System and method for providing implicit unmaps in thinly provisioned virtual tape library systems'20158,762,771'Method for completing write operations to a RAID drive pool with an abnormally slow drive in a timely fashion'20148,756,369'Priority command queues for low latency solid state drives'20148,689,040'Method and system for data reconstruction after drive failures'20148,566,673'Method for improving performance in RAID systems'20138,341,457'System and method for optimizing redundancy restoration in distributed data layout environments'20128,276,041'Data integrity validation using hierarchical volume management'20128,201,001'Method for optimizing performance and power usage in an archival storage system by utilizing massive array of independent disks (MAID) techniques and controlled replication under scalable hashing (CRUSH)'20128,176,405'Data integrity validation in a computing environment'20128,176,390'Single XOR operation WEAVER reconstruction of a failed drive of a RAID'20127,805,633'Optimized reconstruction and copyback methodology for a disconnected drive in the presence of a global hot spare disk'20107,080,133'Method and system for configuring a computer network'20066,816,945'Quiesce system storage device and method in a dual active controller with cache coherency using stripe locks for implied storage volume reservations'2004Career & activity timeline
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2004–2012Patents assigned to IBM (4)· patent assignee history
2004Based in Lafeyette, CO, US· patent location history
2006–2017Based in Lafayette, CO, US· patent location history
2010–2014Patents assigned to LSI CORP (7)· patent assignee history
2012–2017Patents assigned to KIDNEY KEVIN (7)· patent assignee history
2012–2014Patents assigned to MCKEAN BRIAN D (3)· patent assignee history
2014–2020Patents assigned to NETAPP INC (7)· patent assignee history
2016Based in Sunnyvale, CA, US· patent location history
2020Based in Boulder, CO, US· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| KIDNEY KEVINself | 7 | 2012–2017 |
| LSI CORP | 7 | 2010–2014 |
| NETAPP INC | 7 | 2014–2020 |
| IBM | 4 | 2004–2012 |
| MCKEAN BRIAN D | 3 | 2012–2014 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Lafayette, CO, US | 16 | 2006–2017 |
| Boulder, CO, US | 1 | 2020 |
| Sunnyvale, California, US | 1 | 2016 |
| Lafeyette, CO, US | 1 | 2004 |