Patents by Inventor Mark Cruciani

Mark Cruciani 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).

  • Messaging between heterogeneous clients of a storage area network
    Patent number: 7765329
    Abstract: A cluster of computer system nodes connected by a storage area network transmit messages using a messaging protocol having multiple layers. The storage area network supports computer system nodes running different operating systems on different endian processors. A heartbeat signal is transmitted in a common wire format over the lowest level of the messaging protocol; however other messages between the nodes may be transmitted in a format different from the common wire format. The node receiving a message is responsible for converting the format as necessary in a layer just above the layer of the messaging protocol handling heartbeat signals. However, conversion may be performed by the sending node if the sending node knows the format used by the receiving node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics International
    Inventors: Mark Cruciani, Kenneth S. Beck
  • Messaging between heterogeneous clients of a storage area network
    Publication number: 20040210673
    Abstract: A cluster of computer system nodes connected by a storage area network transmit messages using a messaging protocol having multiple layers. The storage area network supports computer system nodes running different operating systems on different endian processors. A heartbeat signal is transmitted in a common wire format over the lowest level of the messaging protocol; however other messages between the nodes may be transmitted in a format different from the common wire format. The node receiving a message is responsible for converting the format as necessary in a layer just above the layer of the messaging protocol handling heartbeat signals. However, conversion may be performed by the sending node if the sending node knows the format used by the receiving node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cruciani, Kenneth S. Beck