Patents by Inventor Erick Crowell

Erick Crowell 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).

  • Computer System Input/Output Management
    Publication number: 20140089735
    Abstract: The collection of performance data at multiple servers in a SAN and forwarding that data to a centralized server for analysis is disclosed. Remote agents and a central server application collect specific interesting negative event data to enable a picture of the operational health of the SAN to be determined. The agents are placed in servers having HBAs acting as initiators. The agents interact with the HBAs through a driver stack to collect event data. Because of the initiator function they perform, HBAs have visibility to parts of the network that other entities do not have access to, and thus are ideal locations for gathering event data. A SAN diagnostics manager then pulls the collected data from each agent so that a “picture” of the SAN can be developed. In addition to collecting initiator data, the agents also collect errors and performance data from the OS of the servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Barrett, Erick Crowell, Bino Joseph Sebastian, John Peter Waszak
  • Computer system input/output management
    Patent number: 8635376
    Abstract: The collection of performance data at multiple servers in a SAN and forwarding that data to a centralized server for analysis is disclosed. Remote agents and a central server application collect specific interesting negative event data to enable a picture of the operational health of the SAN to be determined. The agents are placed in servers having HBAs acting as initiators. The agents interact with the HBAs through a driver stack to collect event data. Because of the initiator function they perform, HBAs have visibility to parts of the network that other entities do not have access to, and thus are ideal locations for gathering event data. A SAN diagnostics manager then pulls the collected data from each agent so that a “picture” of the SAN can be developed. In addition to collecting initiator data, the agents also collect errors and performance data from the OS of the servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Barrett, Erick Crowell, Bino Joseph Sebastian, John Peter Waszak
  • Switching system for managing storage in digital networks
    Patent number: 7865596
    Abstract: Disclosed are improved methods, devices and systems for storage management in digital networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: George Grosner, Howard Hall, Erick Crowell, Glenn Virball, Mark Parenti, Douglas Wood
  • COMPUTER SYSTEM INPUT/OUTPUT MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20090259749
    Abstract: The collection of performance data at multiple servers in a SAN and forwarding that data to a centralized server for analysis is disclosed. Remote agents and a central server application collect specific interesting negative event data to enable a picture of the operational health of the SAN to be determined. The agents are placed in servers having HBAs acting as initiators. The agents interact with the HBAs through a driver stack to collect event data. Because of the initiator function they perform, HBAs have visibility to parts of the network that other entities do not have access to, and thus are ideal locations for gathering event data. A SAN diagnostics manager then pulls the collected data from each agent so that a “picture” of the SAN can be developed. In addition to collecting initiator data, the agents also collect errors and performance data from the OS of the servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Barrett, Erick Crowell, Bino Joseph Sebastian, John Peter Waszak
  • Switching system
    Publication number: 20040078467
    Abstract: Disclosed are improved methods, devices and systems for storage management in digital networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: George Grosner, Howard Hall, Erick Crowell, Glenn Virball, Mark Parenti, Douglas Wood