Patents by Inventor Curt E. Beckmann

Curt E. Beckmann 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).

  • Apparatus and method for storage processing with split data and control paths
    Patent number: 7376765
    Abstract: A system including a storage processing device with an input/output module. The input/output module has port processors to receive and transmit network traffic. The input/output module also has a switch connecting the port processors. Each port processor categorizes the network traffic as fast path network traffic or control path network traffic. The switch routes fast path network traffic from an ingress port processor to a specified egress port processor. The storage processing device also includes a control module to process the control path network traffic received from the ingress port processor. The control module routes processed control path network traffic to the switch for routing to a defined egress port processor. The control module is connected to the input/output module. The input/output module and the control module are configured to interactively support data virtualization, data migration, data journaling, and snapshotting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkat Rangan, Edward D. McClanahan, Guruaj Pangal, Curt E. Beckmann
  • Apparatus and method for storage processing through scalable port processors
    Patent number: 7237045
    Abstract: A system including a storage processing device with an input/output module. The input/output module has port processors to receive and transmit network traffic. The input/output module also has a switch connecting the port processors. Each port processor categorizes the network traffic as fast path network traffic or control path network traffic. The switch routes fast path network traffic from an ingress port processor to a specified egress port processor. The storage processing device also includes a control module to process the control path network traffic received from the ingress port processor. The control module routes processed control path network traffic to the switch for routing to a defined egress port processor. The control module is connected to the input/output module. The input/output module and the control module are configured to interactively support data virtualization, data migration, data journaling, and snapshotting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Curt E. Beckmann, Edward D. McClanahan, Guruaj Pangal
  • Storage area network processing device
    Publication number: 20040148376
    Abstract: A system including a storage processing device with an input/output module. The input/output module has port processors to receive and transmit network traffic. The input/output module also has a switch connecting the port processors. Each port processor categorizes the network traffic as fast path network traffic or control path network traffic. The switch routes fast path network traffic from an ingress port processor to a specified egress port processor. The storage processing device also includes a control module to process the control path network traffic received from the ingress port processor. The control module routes processed control path network traffic to the switch for routing to a defined egress port processor. The control module is connected to the input/output module. The input/output module and the control module are configured to interactively support data virtualization, data migration, data replication, and snapshotting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkat Rangan, Anil Goyal, Curt E. Beckmann, Edward D. McClanahan, Gururaj Pangal, Michael Schmitz, Vinodh Ravindran
  • Apparatus and method for fibre channel data processing in a storage process device
    Publication number: 20040143642
    Abstract: A system including a storage processing device with an input/output module. The input/output module has port processors to receive and transmit network traffic. The input/output module also has a switch connecting the port processors. Each port processor categorizes the network traffic as fast path network traffic or control path network traffic. The switch routes fast path network traffic from an ingress port processor to a specified egress port processor. The storage processing device also includes a control module to process the control path network traffic received from the ingress port processor. The control module routes processed control path network traffic to the switch for routing to a defined egress port processor. The control module is connected to the input/output module. The input/output module and the control module are configured to interactively support data virtualization, data migration, data journaling, and snapshotting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Curt E. Beckmann, Edward D. McClanahan
  • Apparatus and method for storage processing with split data and control paths
    Publication number: 20040143640
    Abstract: A system including a storage processing device with an input/output module. The input/output module has port processors to receive and transmit network traffic. The input/output module also has a switch connecting the port processors. Each port processor categorizes the network traffic as fast path network traffic or control path network traffic. The switch routes fast path network traffic from an ingress port processor to a specified egress port processor. The storage processing device also includes a control module to process the control path network traffic received from the ingress port processor. The control module routes processed control path network traffic to the switch for routing to a defined egress port processor. The control module is connected to the input/output module. The input/output module and the control module are configured to interactively support data virtualization, data migration, data journaling, and snapshotting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Venkat Rangan, Edward D. McClanahan, Gururaj Pangal, Curt E. Beckmann
  • Apparatus and method for storage processing through scalable port processors
    Publication number: 20040143638
    Abstract: A system including a storage processing device with an input/output module. The input/output module has port processors to receive and transmit network traffic. The input/output module also has a switch connecting the port processors. Each port processor categorizes the network traffic as fast path network traffic or control path network traffic. The switch routes fast path network traffic from an ingress port processor to a specified egress port processor. The storage processing device also includes a control module to process the control path network traffic received from the ingress port processor. The control module routes processed control path network traffic to the switch for routing to a defined egress port processor. The control module is connected to the input/output module. The input/output module and the control module are configured to interactively support data virtualization, data migration, data journaling, and snapshotting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Curt E. Beckmann, Edward D. McClanahan, Gururaj Pangal