Patents by Inventor Matthew J. Errico

Matthew J. Errico 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 balancing workloads among paths in a multi-path computer system based on the state of previous I/O operations
    Publication number: 20020166005
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for distributing input/output (I/O) operations among at least two paths in a multi-path computer system including a host computer, a system resource and a plurality of paths coupling the host computer to the system resource. For a next I/O operation to be assigned for transmission between the host computer and the system resource, a selection is made of one of the at least two paths for transmission of the next I/O operation based upon a state of previously assigned I/O operations queued for transmission over the at least two paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventor: Matthew J. Errico