Patents by Inventor Dean A. Lang

Dean A. Lang 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 to synchronize a replacement controller's firmware version to the native configuration database version on a simplex array
    Patent number: 8924778
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a simplex array controller device that synchronize firmware revisions between an original, native, storage array controller in a single controller storage array system (i.e., a simplex array controller) and a replacement storage array controller that replaces the original, native, storage array controller. An embodiment may create and store an original firmware code image containing a copy of the firmware revision information running on an original simplex array controller along with controller and firmware revision identification off-board of the original array controller on a firmware repository storage device. The firmware repository storage device may be one of the storage devices selected from the array of storage devices controlled by the original array controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick S. Flynn, Vaughn J. Huffman, Dean A. Lang
  • METHOD TO SYNCHRONIZE A REPLACEMENT CONTROLLER'S FIRMWARE VERSION TO THE NATIVE CONFIGURATION DATABASE VERSION ON A SIMPLEX ARRAY
    Publication number: 20120173953
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a simplex array controller device that synchronize firmware revisions between an original, native, storage array controller in a single controller storage array system (i.e., a simplex array controller) and a replacement storage array controller that replaces the original, native, storage array controller. An embodiment may create and store an original firmware code image containing a copy of the firmware revision information running on an original simplex array controller along with controller and firmware revision identification off-board of the original array controller on a firmware repository storage device. The firmware repository storage device may be one of the storage devices selected from the array of storage devices controlled by the original array controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Patrick S. Flynn, Vaughn J. Huffman, Dean A. Lang