Patents by Inventor Nicolas Kuefler

Nicolas Kuefler 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).

  • Command switching for multiple initiator access to a SATA drive
    Patent number: 7739432
    Abstract: A multi-port switch and a method of command switching using such a switch. Multiple virtual targets provide multiple hosts with access to the physical target device attached to the target interface of the switch. The switch intelligently dispatches operations received by the virtual targets to the physical storage target device to provide shared access. In doing so, the communication between the switch and the physical target can fully comply with the SATA protocol without the physical target being aware that the operations have originated from multiple physical hosts, and without the multiple physical hosts being aware of the shared nature of the physical SATA target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: PMC-Sierra, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Shaw, Heng Liao, Larrie Simon Carr, Nicolas Kuefler