Patents by Inventor James A. Wentworth, II

James A. Wentworth, II 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 AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING HIGH-PERFORMANCE, SCALEABLE DATA PROCESSING AND STORAGE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20120324159
    Abstract: A data system architecture is described that allows multiple processing and storage resources to be connected to multiple clients so as 1) to distribute the clients' workload efficiently across the available resources; and 2) to enable scaleable expansion, both in terms of the number of clients and in the number of resources. The major features of the architecture are separate, modular, client and resource elements that can be added independently, a high-performance cross-bar data switch interconnecting these various elements, separate serial communication paths for controlling the cross-bar switch settings, separate communication paths for passing control information among the various elements and a resource utilization methodology that enables clients to distribute processing or storage tasks across all available resources, thereby eliminating “hot spots” resulting from uneven utilization of those resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: EMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raju C. BOPARDIKAR, Jacob Y. BAST, Gary A. CARDONE, David E. KAUFMAN, Stuart P. MACEACHERN, Bruce D. MCLEOD, James M. NOLAN, JR., Zdenek RADOUCH, Jack J. STIFFLER, James A. WENTWORTH, II
  • Method and apparatus for implementing high-performance, scaleable data processing and storage systems
    Patent number: 8281022
    Abstract: A data system architecture is described that allows multiple processing and storage resources to be connected to multiple clients so as 1) to distribute the clients' workload efficiently across the available resources; and 2) to enable scaleable expansion, both in terms of the number of clients and in the number of resources. The major features of the architecture are separate, modular, client and resource elements that can be added independently, a high-performance cross-bar data switch interconnecting these various elements, separate serial communication paths for controlling the cross-bar switch settings, separate communication paths for passing control information among the various elements and a resource utilization methodology that enables clients to distribute processing or storage tasks across all available resources, thereby eliminating “hot spots” resulting from uneven utilization of those resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Raju C. Bopardikar, Jacob Y. Bast, Gary A. Cardone, David E. Kaufman, Stuart P. MacEachern, Bruce D. McLeod, James M. Nolan, Jr., Zdenek Radouch, Jack J. Stiffler, James A. Wentworth, II