Patents by Inventor Geoffrey STEWART
Geoffrey STEWART 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: 20240080362Abstract: A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Santosh Ananth Rao, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Srikumar Natarajan, Pranab Patnaik, Kai Tan, Peter Frank Corbett, Vivek Venkatesan
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Patent number: 11918748Abstract: A respiratory assistance apparatus has a gases inlet configured to receive a supply of gases, a blower unit configured to generate a pressurised gases stream from the supply of gases; a humidification unit configured to heat and humidify the pressurised gases stream; and a gases outlet for the heated and humidified gases stream. A flow path for the gases stream extends through the respiratory device from the gases inlet through the blower unit and humidification unit to the gases outlet. A sensor assembly is provided in the flow path before the humidification unit. The sensor assembly has an ultrasound gas composition sensor system for sensing one or more gas concentrations within the gases stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Dean Antony Barker, Mikael Douglas Stewart, Peter Geoffrey Hawkins, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Russel William Burgess
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Patent number: 11818212Abstract: A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: NetApp, Inc.Inventors: Santosh Ananth Rao, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Srikumar Natarajan, Pranab Patnaik, Kai Tan, Peter Frank Corbett, Vivek Venkatesan
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Publication number: 20220255738Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for a distributed Java Keystore, in accordance with an embodiment. This KeyStore can provide a secure place for a distributed queue to persist credentials, private keys, and other sensitive information. Such a KeyStore can be utilized within other distributed systems that require scaling (in and out) in runtime.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Chen He, Satish Panchumarthy, Geoffrey Stewart
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Patent number: 11349655Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for a distributed Java Keystore, in accordance with an embodiment. This KeyStore can provide a secure place for a distributed queue to persist credentials, private keys, and other sensitive information. Such a KeyStore can be utilized within other distributed systems that require scaling (in and out) in runtime.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Chen He, Satish Panchumarthy, Geoffrey Stewart
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Publication number: 20210044656Abstract: A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Santosh Ananth Rao, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Srikumar Natarajan, Pranab Patnaik, Kai Tan, Peter Frank Corbett, Vivek Venkatesan
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Patent number: 10862966Abstract: A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: NetApp Inc.Inventors: Santosh Ananth Rao, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Srikumar Natarajan, Pranab Patnaik, Kai Tan, Peter Frank Corbett, Vivek Venkatesan
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Publication number: 20200112433Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for a distributed Java Keystore, in accordance with an embodiment. This KeyStore can provide a secure place for a distributed queue to persist credentials, private keys, and other sensitive information. Such a KeyStore can be utilized within other distributed systems that require scaling (in and out) in runtime.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Chen He, Satish Panchumarthy, Geoffrey Stewart
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Publication number: 20190082013Abstract: A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Santosh Ananth Rao, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Srikumar Natarajan, Pranab Patnaik, Kai Tan, Peter Frank Corbett, Vivek Venkatesan
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Publication number: 20170212707Abstract: Techniques to managing non-disruptive SAN availability in a partitioned cluster comprising one or more components configured to determine whether to separate a cluster into two or more partitions, notify one or more responsive cluster nodes to separate the cluster into a first partition and a second partition, update one or more access states, notify the host that access states of one or more network paths has been updated, and provide the one or more access states. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: John Hildebrand, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Nathan Baker, John Meneghini, Frederick Knight, Santosh Rao
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Patent number: 9639437Abstract: Techniques to managing non-disruptive SAN availability in a partitioned cluster comprising one or more components configured to determine whether to separate a cluster into two or more partitions, notify one or more responsive cluster nodes to separate the cluster into a first partition and a second partition, update one or more access states, notify the host that access states of one or more network paths has been updated, and provide the one or more access states. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: NetApp, Inc.Inventors: John Hildebrand, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Nathan Baker, John Meneghini, Frederick Knight, Santosh Rao
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Publication number: 20160119427Abstract: A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: NETAPP, INC.Inventors: Santosh Ananth Rao, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Srikumar Natarajan, Pranab Patnaik, Kai Tan, Peter Frank Corbett, Vivek Venkatesan
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Patent number: 9203900Abstract: A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: NetApp, Inc.Inventors: Santosh Anath Rao, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Srikumar Natarajan, Pranab Patnaik, Kai Tan, Peter Frank Corbett, Vivek Venkatesan
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Publication number: 20150169415Abstract: Techniques to managing non-disruptive SAN availability in a partitioned cluster comprising one or more components configured to determine whether to separate a cluster into two or more partitions, notify one or more responsive cluster nodes to separate the cluster into a first partition and a second partition, update one or more access states, notify the host that access states of one or more network paths has been updated, and provide the one or more access states. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: NETAPP, INC.Inventors: John Hildebrand, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Nathan Baker, John Meneghini, Frederick Knight, Santosh Rao
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Patent number: 8728127Abstract: The present invention provides a bone plate that includes a sliding mechanism that allows for both static and dynamic loading and the associated stabilization or partial or whole immobilization of two or more adjacent bone fragments or vertebral bodies of the spine. This sliding mechanism is designed such that as bone resorbs or the like, the sliding mechanism maintains axial compression in a collinear manner across the bone segments.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Spineworks, LLCInventor: Geoffrey Stewart
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Publication number: 20130080559Abstract: A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: NetApp, Inc.Inventors: Santosh Anath Rao, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Srikumar Natarajan, Pranab Patnaik, Kai Tan, Peter Frank Corbett, Vivek Venkatesan
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Publication number: 20120185000Abstract: The present invention provides a bone plate that includes a sliding mechanism that allows for both static and dynamic loading and the associated stabilization or partial or whole immobilization of two or more adjacent bone fragments or vertebral bodies of the spine. This sliding mechanism is designed such that as bone resorbs or the like, the sliding mechanism maintains axial compression in a collinear manner across the bone segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: SPINEWORKS, LLCInventor: Geoffrey STEWART
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Patent number: 7594438Abstract: A long-period weak-motion inertial sensor includes a frame having a frame mounting surface, a movable mass having a movable mass mounting surface, a transducer for sensing displacements of the movable mass with respect to the frame, and a monolithic flexure element for suspending the movable mass in the frame. The monolithic flexure element includes: a stiff frame integral clamp attachable to the frame mounting surface of the frame, a stiff movable mass integral clamp attachable to the movable mass mounting surface of the movable mass, and a stiffest flexible region for operatively connecting the frame integral clamp to the movable mass integral clamp. The frame and movable mass mounting surfaces do not overlap the stiffest flexible region, thereby minimizing the generation of creep and hysteresis noise. The variation in stiffness of the monolithic flexure element is controlled by varying thickness along the length of the flexure element.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2007Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Nanometrics Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Jason Ackerley, Geoffrey Stewart Bainbridge
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Publication number: 20080148851Abstract: A long-period weak-motion inertial sensor includes a frame having a frame mounting surface, a movable mass having a movable mass mounting surface, a transducer for sensing displacements of the movable mass with respect to the frame, and a monolithic flexure element for suspending the movable mass in the frame. The monolithic flexure element includes: a stiff frame integral clamp attachable to the frame mounting surface of the frame, a stiff movable mass integral clamp attachable to the movable mass mounting surface of the movable mass, and a stiffest flexible region for operatively connecting the frame integral clamp to the movable mass integral clamp. The frame and movable mass mounting surfaces do not overlap the stiffest flexible region, thereby minimizing the generation of creep and hysteresis noise. The variation in stiffness of the monolithic flexure element is controlled by varying thickness along the length of the flexure element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Nanometrics Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Jason Ackerley, Geoffrey Stewart Bainbridge
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Patent number: D778168Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Big Rig Craft Distillery Ltd.Inventor: Geoffrey Stewart