Patents by Inventor Kenny Nian Gan Qiu

Kenny Nian Gan Qiu 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD TO LOCATE A STORAGE DEVICE DISPOSED IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080126626
    Abstract: A method is disclosed to locate a data storage device disposed in a data storage system. The method selects a target data storage device, identifies a target adapter port in communication with the target data storage device, and determines one or more target addresses, and determines one or more target World Wide Port Names (“WWPNs”). The method selects an enclosure, and a communication pathway disposed in that enclosure, and determines if any storage device ports interconnected with the communication pathway comprise a WWPN that matches any of said target WWPNs. If any storage device ports interconnected with the communication pathway comprise a WWPN that matches any of the target WWPNs, the method then identifies an adapter port in communication with that communication pathway, and determines if that any storage device ports in communication with the identified adapter port have claimed an address that matches a target address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Nicholas Cashman, Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Michael John Jones, Kenny Nian Gan Qiu