Patents by Inventor John A. Stanbi

John A. Stanbi 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).

  • System and method for automatic dynamic address switching
    Patent number: 6973586
    Abstract: A method for automatic peer to peer address switching, comprising: defining a secondary device as a logical alias of a primary device and performing the following steps concurrently for the primary-secondary device pair upon a determination that address switching is desired: terminating the device pair binding, terminating all logical alias bindings to the first device except the logical alias binding of the primary device to the secondary device, preventing the primary device from receiving I/O requests, and allowing the secondary device to receive I/O requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Petersen, John A. Stanbi, Harry M. Yudenfriend
  • System and method for automatic dynamic address switching
    Publication number: 20030204773
    Abstract: A method for automatic peer to peer address switching, comprising: defining a secondary device as a logical alias of a primary device and performing the following steps concurrently for the primary-secondary device pair upon a determination that address switching is desired: terminating the device pair binding, terminating all logical alias bindings to the first device except the logical alias binding of the primary device to the secondary device, preventing the primary device from receiving I/O requests, and allowing the secondary device to receive I/O requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David B. Petersen, John A. Stanbi, Harry M. Yudenfriend