Patents by Inventor Alexander Kramer

Alexander Kramer 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).

  • Method and system for presenting contiguous element addresses for a partitioned media library
    Patent number: 7370173
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a controller that partitions a media library for multiple host applications can, for each partition, assign a base element address for an element type and associate physical element addresses for elements of an element type with an index value. For a partition, the logical element address corresponding to a physical element address for an element can be determined by adding the index number associated with the physical element address to the base element address for that element type. The physical element address corresponding to a logical element address for an element can be determined by subtracting the base element address for the element type from the logical element address for the element. The result of subtracting the base element address from the logical element address is an index value for which the associated physical element address can be found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Crossroads Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Justiss, Alexander Kramer, Linlin Gao
  • Method and system for presenting contiguous element addresses for a partitioned media library
    Publication number: 20060174088
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a controller that partitions a media library for multiple host applications can, for each partition, assign a base element address for an element type and associate physical element addresses for elements of an element type with an index value. For a partition, the logical element address corresponding to a physical element address for an element can be determined by adding the index number associated with the physical element address to the base element address for that element type. The physical element address corresponding to a logical element address for an element can be determined by subtracting the base element address for the element type from the logical element address for the element. The result of subtracting the base element address from the logical element address is an index value for which the associated physical element address can be found.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Justiss, Alexander Kramer, Linlin Gao