Kano; Yoshiki

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Patent applications and USPTO patent grants for Kano; Yoshiki.The latest application filed is for "storage system having a thin provisioning function".

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Kano; Yoshiki - Sunnyvale CA
Kano; Yoshiki - Bellevue WA
Kano; Yoshiki - Yokohama JP
Kano; Yoshiki - Kanagawa N/A JP
Kano; Yoshiki - Sagamihara JP
Kano; Yoshiki - Tokyo JP
Kano; Yoshiki - Fujisawa JP

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Patent Activity

Patent	Date
Storage system having a thin provisioning function Grant 10,452,299 - Kano , et al. Oc	2019-10-22
Method and apparatus of redundant path validation before provisioning Grant 10,223,144 - Kano , et al.	2019-03-05
Storage System Having A Thin Provisioning Function App 20180341421 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2018-11-29
Method and apparatus of redundant path validation before provisioning Grant 10,127,065 - Kano , et al. November 13, 2	2018-11-13
Method and apparatus of redundant path validation before provisioning Grant 9,354,915 - Kano , et al. May 31, 2	2016-05-31
Method and apparatus for maintaining a workload service level on a converged platform Grant 9,348,724 - Ota , et al. May 24, 2	2016-05-24
Storage System Having A Thin Provisioning Function App 20160139851 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2016-05-19
Method And Apparatus Of Redundant Path Validation Before Provisioning App 20160127471 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2016-05-05
Method And Apparatus Of Redundant Path Validation Before Provisioning App 20160127472 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2016-05-05
Storage system having a thin provisioning function Grant 9,256,524 - Kano , et al. February 9, 2	2016-02-09
Storage subsystem and its data processing method for reducing the amount of data to be stored in nonvolatile memory Grant 9,009,395 - Kano , et al. April 14, 2	2015-04-14
Accessing a hard disk drive and a flash memory with different formats in a storage system Grant 8,806,170 - Yamamoto , et al. August 12, 2	2014-08-12
Computer system for controlling backups using wide area network Grant 8,745,342 - Amano , et al. June 3, 2	2014-06-03
Method and apparatus of data center file system Grant 8,706,859 - Down, Jr. , et al. April 22, 2	2014-04-22
Method And Apparatus Of Redundant Path Validation Before Provisioning App 20140032727 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2014-01-30
Method and apparatus of selection interface by queue and workload for storage operation Grant 8,631,111 - Kano , et al. January 14, 2	2014-01-14
Method And Apparatus For Maintaining A Workload Service Level On A Converged Platform App 20130311989 - OTA; Hiromichi ; et al.	2013-11-21
Data processing method and computer system Grant 8,583,757 - Takaoka , et al. November 12, 2	2013-11-12
System And Method For Allocating Capacity App 20130238845 - YAMAMOTO; Masayuki ; et al.	2013-09-12
Storage device and control method for managing resources of a storage system Grant 8,510,517 - Akutsu , et al. August 13, 2	2013-08-13
Storage apparatus and method of managing data storage area Grant 8,489,806 - Araki , et al. July 16, 2	2013-07-16
Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operation Grant 8,478,958 - Kano July 2, 2	2013-07-02
Storage Subsystem And Its Data Processing Method App 20130132656 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2013-05-23
Data Copying Method And Apparatus In A Thin Provisioned System App 20130117523 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2013-05-09
Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systems Grant 8,429,446 - Hara , et al. April 23, 2	2013-04-23
Allocating substitute area capacity in a storage system using flash memory packages Grant 8,429,372 - Yamamoto , et al. April 23, 2	2013-04-23
Storage subsystem and its data processing method for reducing the amount of data to be stored in a semiconductor nonvolatile memory Grant 8,359,431 - Kano , et al. January 22, 2	2013-01-22
Method And Apparatus Of Connectivity Discovery Between Network Switch And Server Based On Vlan Identifiers App 20120294192 - MASOOD; Abid ; et al.	2012-11-22
Method And Apparatus Of Data Center File System App 20120254861 - DOWN, JR.; Robert Eugene ; et al.	2012-10-04
Creating substitute area capacity in a storage apparatus using flash memory Grant 8,275,965 - Yamamoto , et al. September 25, 2	2012-09-25
Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device Grant 8,266,375 - Kano , et al. September 11, 2	2012-09-11
System And Method For Allocating Capacity App 20120221783 - YAMAMOTO; Masayuki ; et al.	2012-08-30
Advertisement distribution system and advertisement distribution method Grant 8,239,254 - Kano , et al. August 7, 2	2012-08-07
Method And Apparatus For De-duplication After Mirror Operation App 20120198191 - KANO; Yoshiki	2012-08-02
Method And Apparatus Of Rapidly Deploying Virtual Machine Pooling Volume App 20120191929 - ZIETZKE; William ; et al.	2012-07-26
Storage Apparatus And Method Of Managing Data Storage Area App 20120191903 - ARAKI; Akihiko ; et al.	2012-07-26
Method And Apparatus Of Selection Interface By Queue And Workload For Storage Operation App 20120179799 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2012-07-12
Storage Apparatus, Memory Area Managing Method Thereof, And Flash Memory Package App 20120159053 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2012-06-21
Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operation Grant 8,176,275 - Kano May 8, 2	2012-05-08
Storage apparatus, memory area managing method thereof, and flash memory package Grant 8,127,103 - Kano , et al. February 28, 2	2012-02-28
Storage apparatus and method of managing data storage area Grant 8,108,595 - Araki , et al. January 31, 2	2012-01-31
File-sharing System And Method For Managing Files, And Program App 20120016854 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2012-01-19
Method And Apparatus For Managing Virtual Ports On Storage Systems App 20120011240 - Hara; Junichi ; et al.	2012-01-12
Automated On-line Capacity Expansion Method For Storage Device App 20120005427 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2012-01-05
Method And Apparatus For De-duplication After Mirror Operation App 20110307675 - KANO; Yoshiki	2011-12-15
Data Processing Method And Computer System App 20110295968 - Takaoka; Nobumitsu ; et al.	2011-12-01
Storage Apparatus And Method Of Managing Data Storage Area App 20110283058 - ARAKI; Akihiko ; et al.	2011-11-17
Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systems Grant 8,037,344 - Hara , et al. October 11, 2	2011-10-11
Storage Apparatus And Its Data Control Method App 20110246701 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2011-10-06
Computer System For Controlling Backups Using Wide Area Network App 20110246732 - Amano; Takashi ; et al.	2011-10-06
Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device Grant 8,028,127 - Kano , et al. September 27, 2	2011-09-27
Storage System And Resource Management Method For Storage System App 20110231452 - Nakajima; Noriko ; et al.	2011-09-22
Storage apparatus and method of managing data storage area Grant 8,015,371 - Araki , et al. September 6, 2	2011-09-06
Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operation Grant 8,015,377 - Kano September 6, 2	2011-09-06
Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers Grant 7,996,639 - Kano August 9, 2	2011-08-09
Offsite management using disk based tape library and vault system Grant 7,996,635 - Kano August 9, 2	2011-08-09
Storage Subsystem And Its Data Processing Method App 20110191520 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2011-08-04
Methods and apparatuses for heat management in information systems Grant 7,953,574 - Arakawa , et al. May 31, 2	2011-05-31
Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device Grant 7,930,474 - Kano , et al. April 19, 2	2011-04-19
Method And Apparatus For De-duplication After Mirror Operation App 20110055498 - Kano; Yoshiki	2011-03-03
Method And Apparatus For Managing Virtual Ports On Storage Systems App 20110029973 - Hara; Junichi ; et al.	2011-02-03
Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operation Grant 7,873,809 - Kano January 18, 2	2011-01-18
Methods and apparatus for deduplication in storage system Grant 7,870,105 - Arakawa , et al. January 11, 2	2011-01-11
Automated On-line Capacity Expansion Method For Storage Device App 20100332745 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2010-12-30
Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systems Grant 7,836,332 - Hara , et al. November 16, 2	2010-11-16
Storage system managing data through a wide area network Grant 7,831,687 - Kano , et al. November 9, 2	2010-11-09
Methods and apparatuses for heat management in storage systems Grant 7,818,499 - Arakawa , et al. October 19, 2	2010-10-19
Data Copying Method And Apparatus In A Thin Provisioned System App 20100185814 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2010-07-22
Method For Managing Volume Groups Considering Storage Tiers App 20100185828 - Kano; Yoshiki	2010-07-22
Backup system with continuous data protection Grant 7,747,830 - Arakawa , et al. June 29, 2	2010-06-29
System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem Grant 7,739,446 - Kano June 15, 2	2010-06-15
Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers Grant 7,716,441 - Kano May 11, 2	2010-05-11
Storage Apparatus and Method of Managing Data Storage Area App 20100115183 - ARAKI; Akihiko ; et al.	2010-05-06
System and method for managing consistency among volumes based on application information Grant 7,711,712 - Kano May 4, 2	2010-05-04
Storage Device And Control Method Therefor App 20100064292 - AKUTSU; Hiroaki ; et al.	2010-03-11
Offsite Management Using Disk Based Tape Library And Vault System App 20100049924 - KANO; Yoshiki	2010-02-25
Method and apparatus of WAFS backup managed in centralized center Grant 7,664,785 - Kano February 16, 2	2010-02-16
Storage Apparatus, Memory Area Managing Method Thereof, And Flash Memory Package App 20100030946 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2010-02-04
System and method for managing a consistency among volumes in a continuous data protection environment Grant 7,647,360 - Kano January 12, 2	2010-01-12
Offsite management using disk based tape library and vault system Grant 7,631,157 - Kano December 8, 2	2009-12-08
Storage Apparatus Using Flash Memory App 20090287878 - YAMAMOTO; Masayuki ; et al.	2009-11-19
Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshots Grant 7,590,887 - Kano September 15, 2	2009-09-15
Methods And Apparatus To Control Transition Of Backup Data App 20090210462 - ARAKAWA; Hiroshi ; et al.	2009-08-20
Method and apparatus for archive data validation in an archive system Grant 7,565,384 - Kano July 21, 2	2009-07-21
Method and apparatus for multistage volume locking Grant 7,562,197 - Kano July 14, 2	2009-07-14
Advertisement Distribution System And Advertisement Distribution Method App 20090171785 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2009-07-02
System And Method For Managing Disk Space In A Thin-provisioned Storage Subsystem App 20090157956 - Kano; Yoshiki	2009-06-18
Method and apparatus for validation of application data on a storage system Grant 7,549,171 - Kano June 16, 2	2009-06-16
Methods And Apparatus For Deduplication In Storage System App 20090132619 - ARAKAWA; Hiroshi ; et al.	2009-05-21
System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible OSD storage subsystem Grant 7,536,491 - Kano , et al. May 19, 2	2009-05-19
Storage System Managing Data Through A Wide Area Network App 20090100146 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2009-04-16
System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem Grant 7,509,454 - Kano March 24, 2	2009-03-24
Methods and apparatuses for heat management in storage systems App 20090077328 - Arakawa; Hiroshi ; et al.	2009-03-19
Methods and apparatuses for heat management in information systems App 20090077558 - Arakawa; Hiroshi ; et al.	2009-03-19
Automated On-line Capacity Expansion Method For Storage Device App 20090043982 - KANO; Yoshiki ; et al.	2009-02-12
Method And Apparatus For Achieving Consistency Of Files In Continuous Data Protection App 20090037482 - ARAKAWA; Hiroshi ; et al.	2009-02-05
Assuring performance of external storage systems Grant 7,484,066 - Shitomi , et al. January 27, 2	2009-01-27
Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systems App 20090025007 - Hara; Junichi ; et al.	2009-01-22
Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activity Grant 7,464,224 - Kano December 9, 2	2008-12-09
Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device Grant 7,447,832 - Kano , et al. November 4, 2	2008-11-04
Method of and system for controlling attributes of a plurality of storage devices Grant 7,441,080 - Kano October 21, 2	2008-10-21
Storage system managing data through a wide area network Grant 7,441,029 - Kano , et al. October 21, 2	2008-10-21
Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operation App 20080244172 - Kano; Yoshiki	2008-10-02
System And Method For Managing Consistency Among Volumes Based On Application Information App 20080228833 - Kano; Yoshiki	2008-09-18
Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers App 20080222355 - Kano; Yoshiki	2008-09-11
Mapping Apparatus for Backup and Restoration of Multi-Generation Recovered Snapshots App 20080215643 - Kano; Yoshiki	2008-09-04
System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible OSD storage subsystem App 20080209090 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2008-08-28
Backup system with continuous data protection App 20080168218 - Arakawa; Hiroshi ; et al.	2008-07-10
Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshots Grant 7,376,865 - Kano May 20, 2	2008-05-20
System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible OSD storage subsystem Grant 7,366,808 - Kano , et al. April 29, 2	2008-04-29
System and method for migration of CDP journal data between storage subsystems App 20080086608 - Kano; Yoshiki	2008-04-10
Method of and system for controlling attributes of a plurality of storage devices App 20080040516 - Kano; Yoshiki	2008-02-14
Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activity App 20080022277 - Kano; Yoshiki	2008-01-24
System and method for reconfiguring continuous data protection system upon volume size change App 20070300033 - Kano; Yoshiki	2007-12-27
System and method for managing a consistency among volumes in a continuous data protection environment App 20070294274 - Kano; Yoshiki	2007-12-20
Method of and system for controlling attributes of a plurality of storage devices Grant 7,296,115 - Kano November 13, 2	2007-11-13
Method and apparatus of WAFS backup managed in centralized center App 20070260717 - Kano; Yoshiki	2007-11-08
Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activity Grant 7,293,140 - Kano November 6, 2	2007-11-06
System and method for processing a plurality kinds of event markers of a continuous data protection App 20070245107 - Kano; Yoshiki	2007-10-18
Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers Grant 7,281,109 - Kano October 9, 2	2007-10-09
System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem Grant 7,263,578 - Kano August 28, 2	2007-08-28
Storage system having a plurality of controllers Grant 7,260,656 - Matsunami , et al. August 21, 2	2007-08-21
Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshots App 20070180304 - Kano; Yoshiki	2007-08-02
Method and apparatus for multistage volume locking App 20070174572 - Kano; Yoshiki	2007-07-26
System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem App 20070174574 - Kano; Yoshiki	2007-07-26
Offsite Management Using Disk Based Tape Library And Vault System App 20070136519 - Kano; Yoshiki	2007-06-14
System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible OSD storage subsystem App 20070118676 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2007-05-24
Backup system Grant 7,222,194 - Kano , et al. May 22, 2	2007-05-22
Storage system having a plurality of controllers Grant 7,216,148 - Matsunami , et al. May 8, 2	2007-05-08
Method and apparatus for multistage volume locking Grant 7,197,609 - Kano March 27, 2	2007-03-27
Data copying method and apparatus in a thin provisioned system App 20070067588 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2007-03-22
Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers App 20070061515 - Kano; Yoshiki	2007-03-15
Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshots Grant 7,181,646 - Kano February 20, 2	2007-02-20
System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem App 20070016746 - Kano; Yoshiki	2007-01-18
Data copying method and apparatus in a thin provisioned system Grant 7,162,600 - Kano , et al. January 9, 2	2007-01-09
Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers Grant 7,155,593 - Kano December 26, 2	2006-12-26
Method and apparatus for multistage volume locking App 20060248303 - Kano; Yoshiki	2006-11-02
System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem Grant 7,130,960 - Kano October 31, 2	2006-10-31
System And Method For Managing Disk Space In A Thin-provisioned Storage Subsystem App 20060242378 - Kano; Yoshiki	2006-10-26
Offsite management using disk based tape library and vault system Grant 7,127,575 - Kano October 24, 2	2006-10-24
Assuring performance of external storage systems App 20060236060 - Shitomi; Hidehisa ; et al.	2006-10-19
Data copying method and apparatus in a thin provisioned system App 20060224844 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2006-10-05
Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activity App 20060200636 - Kano; Yoshiki	2006-09-07
Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers App 20060195659 - Kano; Yoshiki	2006-08-31
Method and apparatus for multistage volume locking Grant 7,096,325 - Kano August 22, 2	2006-08-22
Method for file level remote copy of a storage device App 20060184502 - Achiwa; Kyosuke ; et al.	2006-08-17
Method and apparatus for archive data validation in an archive system Grant 7,082,447 - Kano July 25, 2	2006-07-25
System and method for data migration and shredding App 20060155944 - Kano; Yoshiki	2006-07-13
Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activity Grant 7,065,611 - Kano June 20, 2	2006-06-20
Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers Grant 7,062,624 - Kano June 13, 2	2006-06-13
Method and apparatus for archive data validation in an archive system App 20060106892 - Kano; Yoshiki	2006-05-18
Method for file level remote copy of a storage device Grant 7,047,261 - Achiwa , et al. May 16, 2	2006-05-16
Method and apparatus of media management on disk-subsystem Grant 7,039,662 - Kano , et al. May 2, 2	2006-05-02
Method and apparatus of media management on disk-subsystem App 20060075005 - Kano; Yoshiki ; et al.	2006-04-06
Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers App 20060069862 - Kano; Yoshiki	2006-03-30
Method of and system for controlling attributes of a plurality of storage devices App 20060064541 - Kano; Yoshiki	2006-03-23
Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activity App 20050289308 - Kano, Yoshiki	2005-12-29
Method and apparatus for archive data validation in an archive system App 20050283594 - Kano, Yoshiki	2005-12-22
Method and apparatus for validation of application data on a storage system App 20050278529 - Kano, Yoshiki	2005-12-15
Method and apparatus for multistage volume locking App 20050216661 - Kano, Yoshiki	2005-09-29
Method and apparatus of media management on disk-subsystem App 20050198451 - Kano, Yoshiki ; et al.	2005-09-08
Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device App 20050091455 - Kano, Yoshiki ; et al.	2005-04-28
Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshots App 20050060607 - Kano, Yoshiki	2005-03-17
Offsite management using disk based tape library and vault system App 20050010730 - Kano, Yoshiki	2005-01-13
Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device Grant 6,836,819 - Kano , et al. December 28, 2	2004-12-28
Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device App 20040162958 - Kano, Yoshiki ; et al.	2004-08-19
Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device Grant 6,725,328 - Kano , et al. April 20, 2	2004-04-20
Access control method for data stored in fixed-block length format in computer configurations utilizing variable length data format interfaces Grant 6,697,866 - Arakawa , et al. February 24, 2	2004-02-24
Storage system managing data through a wide area network App 20030163568 - Kano, Yoshiki ; et al.	2003-08-28
Backup system App 20030135650 - Kano, Yoshiki ; et al.	2003-07-17
Storage system having a plurality of controllers App 20030023784 - Matsunami, Naoto ; et al.	2003-01-30
Storage system having a plurality of controllers App 20030023665 - Matsunami, Naoto ; et al.	2003-01-30
Method for file level remote copy of a storage device App 20030009438 - Achiwa, Kyosuke ; et al.	2003-01-09
Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device App 20030009619 - Kano, Yoshiki ; et al.	2003-01-09