Patents by Inventor Charles William Frank
Charles William Frank 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).
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Publication number: 20230421447Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Mark A. Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Patent number: 11848822Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Mark A. Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Publication number: 20230171161Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Mark A. Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Patent number: 11601334Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Mark A. Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Patent number: 9270532Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT. L.L.C.Inventors: Mark Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Publication number: 20160036641Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT, L.L.C.Inventors: Mark A. Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Patent number: 8726363Abstract: Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Rateze Remote MGMT, L.L.C.Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, William R. Babbitt, Jr., Mark Adams, Nicholas James Witchey
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Patent number: 8387132Abstract: Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, William R. Babbitt, Jr., Mark Adams, Nicholas James Witchey
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Publication number: 20120195315Abstract: Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT. L.L.C.Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, William R. Babbitt, JR., Mark Adams, Nicholas James Witchey
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Patent number: 7924881Abstract: Systems and methods ensure that datagrams retain integrity in light of the problems associated with the internetworking protocol's use of datagram identifiers drawn from a first pool of datagram identifiers. The methods involve controlling the use of datagram identifiers to ensure that only certain identifiers are allowable. A second pool of datagram identifiers is created that is different from the first pool. A datagram identifier is drawn from the second pool and assigned to a datagram in a manner that the datagram identifier is controlled from being reused during the lifetime of the datagram. In alternative embodiments the number of available datagram identifiers is either increased through optional header fields, or reduced through tracking allowed datagram identifiers. A first host notifies a second host of an allowed identifier. The second host uses the allowed identifier as a datagram identifier.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2006Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Richard W. Hull, Mark Adams, Rochak Sharma, Adnan Khan, Samuel K. Baughman, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Patent number: 7702850Abstract: A topology independent storage array. In a preferred embodiment the topology of the array is reconfigurable due to information control packets passed among storage nodes comprising the array. The topology of the array, as determine by the relationship between data sets stored within the array's storage nodes and storage maps of the storage node, can be reconfigured without requiring a complete duplication of the entire array. In especially preferred embodiments, the topology of the storage array follows a Z-10 or a Z-110 configuration where storage devices store one or more mirrored parts of a data set per storage device.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Inventors: Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank
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Publication number: 20100095023Abstract: Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT L.L.C.Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, William R. Babbitt, JR., Mark Adams, Nicholas James Witchey
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Patent number: 7620981Abstract: Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2005Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, William R. Babbitt, Jr., Mark Adams, Nicholas James Witchey
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Publication number: 20020099829Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter proxy system and method, more particularly, to a filter proxy system and method for re-authoring, re-purposing, and/or compressing content control languages, text, images, and/or other content for delivery and/or interaction with devices of varying, type, capacity, and/or bandwidth availability without operator's intervention, and interaction with other systems having an implementation of the same filter proxy systems for reducing bandwidth utilization between each other and distributing the processing of the content control language, and/or images, and/or other content for delivery of and/or interaction with devices of varying capacity and/or bandwidth availability without operator's intervention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Inventors: Kenneth W. Richards, Charles William Frank, David Vincent Duccini