Patents by Inventor Ashmi A. Chokshi

Ashmi A. Chokshi 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).

  • Detecting missing elements in a storage area network with multiple sources of information
    Patent number: 7725555
    Abstract: A detectibility service for a storage infrastructure manager (SIM) operating on a storage area network (SAN) is disclosed directed to addressing a situation where there may be multiple sources of duplicate or contradictory information to the SIM about the presence and condition of an element in the SAN. The service can account for both authoritative as well as nonauthoritative sources of information in a SAN, which participate in the discovery process scanning for SAN elements. Both authoritative and nonauthoritative sources of information can be used to report a given SAN element during a probe, taking advantage of the more efficient processing of information from authoritative sources to override information from nonauthoritative sources regardless of the order in which the various scans may occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ashmi A. Chokshi, Glen Hattrup, David L. Merbach, Prasenjit Sarkar, Soumitra Sarkar
  • DETECTING MISSING ELEMENTS IN A STORAGE AREA NETWORK WITH MULTIPLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20080059599
    Abstract: A detectibility service for a storage infrastructure manager (SIM) operating on a storage area network (SAN) is disclosed directed to addressing a situation where there may be multiple sources of duplicate or contradictory information to the SIM about the presence and condition of an element in the SAN. The service can account for both authoritative as well as nonauthoritative sources of information in a SAN, which participate in the discovery process scanning for SAN elements. Both authoritative and nonauthoritative sources of information can be used to report a given SAN element during a probe, taking advantage of the more efficient processing of information from authoritative sources to override information from nonauthoritative sources regardless of the order in which the various scans may occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ashmi A. Chokshi, Glen Hattrup, David L. Merbach, Prasenjit Sarkar, Soumitra Sarkar