Patents by Inventor Oliver David Smith-Denny

Oliver David Smith-Denny 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).

  • Dynamic discovery of available storage servers
    Patent number: 11082505
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first server computing is configured to send, to a network component, a request to subscribe to a multicast group. In addition, the first server computing device may receive a message sent from a second server computing device to the multicast group. The first server computing device may determine, from the message, an internet protocol (IP) address and port number associated with the second server computing device. In addition, the first server computing device may determine that the first server computing device has not previously received information associated with the second server computing device. The first server computing device may cause a connection to be established between the first server computing device and the second server computing device, the connection for enabling the first server computing device to determine whether the second server computing device offers storage for the first server computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver David Smith-Denny, Gian Carlo Boffa
  • Dynamic Discovery of Available Storage Servers
    Publication number: 20210037105
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first server computing is configured to send, to a network component, a request to subscribe to a multicast group. In addition, the first server computing device may receive a message sent from a second server computing device to the multicast group. The first server computing device may determine, from the message, an internet protocol (IP) address and port number associated with the second server computing device. In addition, the first server computing device may determine that the first server computing device has not previously received information associated with the second server computing device. The first server computing device may cause a connection to be established between the first server computing device and the second server computing device, the connection for enabling the first server computing device to determine whether the second server computing device offers storage for the first server computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Oliver David Smith-Denny, Gian Carlo Boffa