Patents by Inventor Chris Steinauer

Chris Steinauer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Mapping discovered devices to SAN-manageable objects using configurable rules
    Patent number: 7328260
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for generating SAN management objects corresponding to heterogeneous Storage Access Network (SAN) components from discovered SAN information. In order to manage and monitor SAN components with heterogeneous management interfaces, embodiments may use one or more user-editable rules files for interpreting discovered SAN information, including management interface information, when generating SAN management objects used in managing and monitoring corresponding SAN components. Embodiments may include a mechanism for generating manageable objects for heterogeneous SAN components, including proxy agents and their corresponding proxied SAN components, by applying rules from the rules file(s) to discovered SAN information including proxy agent management interface information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Symantec Operating Corporation
    Inventors: Abhijit Muthiyan, Chris Steinauer