Daniel James Winarski
Engineers at Woodstock Dr, Tucson, AZ

7995443, Aug 9, 2011

Jul 30, 2007

11/830370

Allen Keith Bates - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel James Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G03H 1/26

369103, 3691121, 36911215, 359 22, 348360, 348369, 348362

A method to store information in a holographic data storage medium, wherein the method supplies a holographic data storage medium comprising an encoded focusing hologram and one or more encoded data holograms. The method disposes the holographic data storage medium in a holographic data storage system, and disposes a rotatable imaging lens at an (i)th orientation. The method illuminates the encoded focusing hologram to generate an (i)th reconstructed focusing image, projects that (i)th reconstructed focusing image through the rotatable imaging lens, and onto at optical detector array. The method then calculates an (i)th measured focusing metric, and determines if the (i)th measured focusing metric is greater than or equal to the threshold focusing metric. If the (i)th measured focusing metric is greater than or equal to the threshold focusing metric, then the method decodes the one or more encoded data holograms.

2009024, Oct 1, 2009

Mar 26, 2008

12/055475

ALLEN KEITH BATES - Tucson AZ, US
NILS HAUSTEIN - Soergenloch, DE
CRAIG A. KLEIN - Tucson AZ, US
ULF TROPPENS - Mainz, DE
STEPHEN L. SCHWARTZ - Tucson AZ, US
DANIEL J. WINARSKI - Tucson AZ, US
RAINER WOLAFKA - Bad Soden, DE

G06F 12/00

711162, 711E12001

A method, system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for efficiently multiplexing concatenated storage devices. An intelligent storage controller continuously monitors data access of a number of concatenated storage devices. In response to a request to write new data, the controller writes a primary data copy to the concatenated storage device having the lowest data access. Then the controller writes a secondary data copy to the device having the next lowest data access. In response to a read request, the controller reads data from the data copy located on the concatenated storage device having the lower data access. In response to an update request, the controller, after determining that data access does not exceed a predetermined threshold, the controller updates the data copy having the lowest data access, set that copy as the new primary copy and subsequently updates the other copy, setting that copy as the new secondary copy.

2008019, Aug 14, 2008

Feb 8, 2007

11/672889

ALLEN KEITH BATES - TUCSON AZ, US
NILS HAUSTEIN - SOERGENLOCH, DE
CRAIG ANTHONY KLEIN - TUCSON AZ, US
DANIEL JAMES WINARSKI - TUCSON AZ, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G03H 1/04

359 35, 359 27

A method is disclosed to encode information in a holographic data storage medium. The method supplies a holographic information storage system comprising a laser light source, a spatial light modulator, and a holographic data storage medium. The method energizes the laser light source using first power comprising a first current, disposes a data image on the spatial light modulator, and further energizes the laser light source using second power comprising a second current, wherein the second current is greater than the first current. The method forms a data beam comprising said data image, forms a hologram comprising said data image, and encodes an interference pattern comprising the hologram in the holographic data storage medium.

6192341, Feb 20, 2001

Apr 6, 1998

9/056116

Craig Henry Becker - Austin TX
David Wayne Glass - Georgetown KY
James Gordon McLean - Fuquay-Varina NC
Clifford Alan Pickover - Yorktown Heights NY
Daniel James Winarski - Tucson AZ
Tin-Lup Wong - Chapel Hill NC

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

C06F 1700

704271

A data processing system and method for customizing a user output of a data processing system are disclosed. According to the method, a user preference for an audio or visual user output of a data processing system is determined. In response to determination of a user output having a first audio or visual frequency, the user output is mapped to a second audio or visual frequency in accordance with the user preference to obtain a customized user output. Thereafter, the customized user output is presented by the data processing system. In accordance with one embodiment, the user preference is determined by administering a test of the user's visual or aural acuity.

2009023, Sep 17, 2009

Mar 14, 2008

12/049186

Robert Haas - Adilswil, CH
Nils Haustein - Soergenloch, DE
Craig Anthony Klein - Tucson AZ, US
Ulf Troppens - Mainz, DE
Daniel James Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 17/30

707 1, 707E17001

Data for deduplication is received. The received data is deduplicated if selected conditions corresponding to the deduplication are satisfied, wherein the selected conditions include a deduplication ratio, a data deduplication threshold, and a data quiescence measure. Deduplication of the received data is discontinued if the selected conditions corresponding to the deduplication are not satisfied.

2009018, Jul 23, 2009

Jan 18, 2008

12/016284

Allen Keith Bates - Tucson AZ, US
Nhan X. Bui - Tucson AZ, US
Randall S. Doan - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel J. Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

G11B 33/14

360 9702

A method for minimizing dust level within a tape drive system is disclosed. A dust concentration level within the tape drive system is initially determined. A head brush interval is subsequently adjusted according to the determined dust concentration level within the tape drive system.

2011008, Apr 7, 2011

Oct 2, 2009

12/573039

LOUIE ARTHUR DICKENS - TUCSON AZ, US
TIMOTHY A JOHNSON - TUCSON AZ, US
CRAIG ANTHONY KLEIN - TUCSON AZ, US
GREGG STEVEN LUCAS - TUCSON AZ, US
DANIEL JAMES WINARSKI - TUCSON AZ, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

G06F 1/32

713310, 713320, 709224

In remote power down control of a device configured for externally initiated remote power down, such as over a network, activity of all externally connected sources of valid power down requests for the device is monitored; and the device is powered down in response to a combination of one of a received power down request and an inactivity time out with respect to each of the sources of valid power down requests for the device.

2010017, Jul 15, 2010

Jan 9, 2009

12/351666

Allen K. Bates - Tucson AZ, US
Nhan X. Bui - Tucson AZ, US
Brian G. Goodman - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel J. Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

IBM CORPORATION - Armonk NY

H04L 9/28, G06Q 10/00

380 28, 705 8, 709220

Methods are provided for managing data encryption for a data storage library. An implementation assessment is performed for a customer and, in response to the implementation assessment, a set of customizations are generated for an encryption command communications appliance to enable the appliance to communicate with an encryption-capable storage device and a data storage library controller within the data storage library and with an encryption key manager (EKM) coupled to the data storage library. The encryption command communications appliance is configured with the set of customizations and the configured encryption command communications appliance is installed in the data storage library coupled to the library controller, the storage device and the EKM.

8495432, Jul 23, 2013

May 31, 2012

13/484788

Louie Arthur Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Timothy A. Johnson - Tucson AZ, US
Craig Anthony Klein - Redington Beach FL, US
Gregg Steven Lucas - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel James Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 11/00

714 42, 714 61, 714718, 714723

Described are embodiments of an invention for blocking write access to memory modules of a solid state drive. The solid state drive includes a controller access module or a memory access module that controls write access to the solid state drive and the memory modules of the solid state drive. Upon determining that a memory module has failed, the failed memory module or the entire solid state memory device is configured to be read only to prevent an errant write of data over critical data. Further, a failed memory module, or solid state device memory having a failed memory module, may be replaced upon failure.

2007010, May 10, 2007

Oct 26, 2005

11/259478

Nils Haustein - Zornheim, DE
Craig Klein - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

G06F 17/30

707204000

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for data migration of retention data between data retention systems. The system includes a first back-end agent for accessing a first data retention system according to a first communication protocol, a first front-end agent for interfacing between the first back-end agent and the second front-end agent, and a second back-end agent for interfacing between the second front-end agent and the second data retention system according to a second communication protocol. The present invention described herein allows a user to migrate retained data from one retention data system to another while maintaining data attributes such as retention time.