Patents by Inventor Randy Kay Hall

Randy Kay Hall 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).

  • Generating an identifier for a SATA disk
    Patent number: 7996576
    Abstract: In described embodiments, a method of generating an identifier for a disk includes the steps of requesting an ASCII identification string for the disk and generating a padded string by processing the ASCII identification string into a predetermined number of bytes. The padded string is divided into portions and an encoded value is generated for each portion. The two or more encoded values for the portions are combined into a candidate value compatible with a World-Wide Name (“WWN”). The candidate value is compared to a list of previously generated candidate values and if the candidate value differs from the values in the list, the candidate value is included in the list of generated values and the candidate value is provided as the system-wide name for the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventor: Randy Kay Hall
  • Generating an identifier for a SATA disk
    Publication number: 20090282171
    Abstract: In described embodiments, a method of generating an identifier for a disk includes the steps of requesting an ASCII identification string for the disk and generating a padded string by processing the ASCII identification string into a predetermined number of bytes. The padded string is divided into portions and an encoded value is generated for each portion. The two or more encoded values for the portions are combined into a candidate value compatible with a World-Wide Name (“WWN”). The candidate value is compared to a list of previously generated candidate values and if the candidate value differs from the values in the list, the candidate value is included in the list of generated values and the candidate value is provided as the system-wide name for the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: Randy Kay Hall