Patents by Inventor Laurent Faipot

Laurent Faipot 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 using a USB cable as a cluster quorum device
    Patent number: 7359959
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a quorum vote by a first node using a Universal Serial Bus (USB) quorum cable, wherein the USB quorum cable comprises a first end connected to a first node and a second end connected to a second node, including determining whether the USB quorum cable is reserved by the second node by querying a memory located in the USB quorum cable, if the USB quorum cable is not reserved by the second node attempting to reserve the USB quorum cable, determining whether the attempt to reserve the USB quorum cable was successful, and obtaining the quorum vote by the first node, if the attempt to reserve the USB quorum cable is successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Lizzi, Laurent Faipot, Jean-Pascal Mazzilli
  • Method and apparatus for using a USB cable as a cluster quorum device
    Publication number: 20060041778
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a quorum vote by a first node using a Universal Serial Bus (USB) quorum cable, wherein the USB quorum cable comprises a first end connected to a first node and a second end connected to a second node, including determining whether the USB quorum cable is reserved by the second node by querying a memory located in the USB quorum cable, if the USB quorum cable is not reserved by the second node attempting to reserve the USB quorum cable, determining whether the attempt to reserve the USB quorum cable was successful, and obtaining the quorum vote by the first node, if the attempt to reserve the USB quorum cable is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Christophe Lizzi, Laurent Faipot, Jean-Pascal Mazzilli