Patents by Inventor Ferdinand Silva

Ferdinand Silva 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).

  • Management of a plurality of system control networks
    Patent number: 10230567
    Abstract: A multiple storage control network management system includes a plurality of controllers, each coupled to a respective system control network to provide a respective controller environment. A controller manager is coupled to each of the plurality of controllers. The controller manager is operable to monitor the respective controller environment provided by each of the plurality of controllers. The controller manager is also operable to move personas between respective controller environments. The controller manager is also operable to start and stop personas across a plurality of the respective controller environments. The controller manager is also operable to receive a first change object from a first controller of the plurality of controllers, compare the first change object to a previously received change object from the first controller, determine the changes between object elements in the first change object and the previously received change object, and store the determined changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Prabhat D. Tripathi, Ivan Ulianov, Yao Lu, Ferdinand Silva, Vandhana Narayanan
  • MANAGEMENT OF A PLURALITY OF SYSTEM CONTROL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20140297834
    Abstract: A multiple storage control network management system includes a plurality of controllers, each coupled to a respective system control network to provide a respective controller environment. A controller manager is coupled to each of the plurality of controllers. The controller manager is operable to monitor the respective controller environment provided by each of the plurality of controllers. The controller manager is also operable to move personas between respective controller environments. The controller manager is also operable to start and stop personas across a plurality of the respective controller environments. The controller manager is also operable to receive a first change object from a first controller of the plurality of controllers, compare the first change object to a previously received change object from the first controller, determine the changes between object elements in the first change object and the previously received change object, and store the determined changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Prabhat D. Tripathi, Ivan Ulianov, Yao Lu, Ferdinand Silva, Vandhana Narayaman