Patents by Inventor David J. Steeves, Jr.

David J. Steeves, Jr. 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).

  • Offline device-side logical unit number controller
    Patent number: 8209469
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which a single physical storage device such as a USB flash memory device is able to boot different computing devices via corresponding different operating systems. The storage device includes a selection mechanism that determines which virtual disk (corresponding to a LUN) is seen by the host as the currently active LUN having sector 0, and therefore is the boot disk. The selection mechanism also may select which (if any) other LUNs are visible to the host. The selection mechanism and accompanying indicator may be operated when the storage device is disconnected, e.g., via manual switches and/or LEDs, buttons and/or a display (e.g., via internal power). Also described is allowing each LUN to have a user-friendly name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Todd L. Carpenter, David Abzarian, Mark Myers, David J. Steeves, Jr.