Patents by Inventor James Francis McCarty

James Francis McCarty 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).

  • Processing wrong side I/O commands
    Patent number: 7761650
    Abstract: A dual ported active-active array controller apparatus is provided having a first policy processor partnered with a first ISP having a first plurality of dedicated purpose FCs, a second policy processor partnered with a second ISP having a second plurality of dedicated purpose FCs, a communication bus interconnecting the ISPs, and programming instructions stored in memory and executed by the array controller to maintain the first policy processor in top level control of transaction requests from both the first plurality of FCs and the second plurality of FCs that are associated with network input/output (I/O) commands directed to a storage logical unit number (LUN) which the first ISP is a logical unit master of.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Clark Edward Lubbers, Michael Dean Walker, James Francis McCarty
  • Managing multiple unit attentions
    Patent number: 7590679
    Abstract: A format is provided for a command signal from a target device comprising a bit field adapted for communicating a unit attention signal from the target device following a status changing event. A method is provided for managing a unit attention signal from a target device in a distributed network, comprising: setting an indicator bit in a bit field of a command signal from the target device to a signaling value when a predetermined condition warrants an associated unit attention signal; detecting the indicator bit; and indexing a table in relation to the indicator bit to send the unit attention signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: James Francis McCarty, Michael Dean Walker
  • PROCESSING WRONG SIDE I/O COMMANDS
    Publication number: 20090006716
    Abstract: A dual ported active-active array controller apparatus is provided having a first policy processor partnered with a first ISP having a first plurality of dedicated purpose FCs, a second policy processor partnered with a second ISP having a second plurality of dedicated purpose FCs, a communication bus interconnecting the ISPs, and programming instructions stored in memory and executed by the array controller to maintain the first policy processor in top level control of transaction requests from both the first plurality of FCs and the second plurality of FCs that are associated with network input/output (I/O) commands directed to a storage logical unit number (LUN) which the first ISP is a logical unit master of.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Clark Edward Lubbers, Michael Dean Walker, James Francis McCarty