Patents by Inventor Michael W. Bezera

Michael W. Bezera 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).

  • Hierarchical recovery method for fibre-channel devices
    Patent number: 6862690
    Abstract: A method and system for recovering nodes in a hierarchical computer network is disclosed. The operating system of the network detects and exception condition, recovers only the nodes within the scope of the exception condition, and issues I/O requests to nodes during recovery that are not within the scope of the exception condition. The method may involve a computer network system with a plurality of paths connected to adapters on at least one host computer for managing input/output (I/O) requests between the host computer and fibre channel devices, which have a plurality of logical units (LUNs) associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Bezera, Eric R. Vook, Michael Burriss, Helga Sonner, Derek Scott