Patents by Inventor Maria Pilar Gonzalez Ferez

Maria Pilar Gonzalez Ferez 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).

  • Patent number: 10721302
    Abstract: A computer network-storage protocol system, including at least one initiator device having an initiator block layer and an initiator network layer interfacing with a first network driver; at least one target device having a target block layer and a target network layer interfacing with a second network driver; a plurality of network interface controllers (NICs) interfacing with the first network driver and the second network driver; a plurality of distinct channels, each channel establishing a connection between the initiator device and the target device and being configured to transmit packets between the initiator device and the target device, wherein each channel is mapped to only one NIC; and wherein the initiator block layer includes at least one request message buffer and at least one data message buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY—HELLAS (FORTH)
    Inventors: Angelos Bilas, Maria Pilar Gonzalez Ferez
  • Publication number: 20160285971
    Abstract: A computer network-storage protocol system, including at least one initiator device having an initiator block layer and an initiator network layer interfacing with a first network driver; at least one target device having a target block layer and a target network layer interfacing with a second network driver; a plurality of network interface controllers (NICs) interfacing with the first network driver and the second network driver; a plurality of distinct channels, each channel establishing a connection between the initiator device and the target device and being configured to transmit packets between the initiator device and the target device, wherein each channel is mapped to only one NIC; and wherein the initiator block layer includes at least one request message buffer and at least one data message buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Angelos Bilas, Maria Pilar Gonzalez Ferez