Patents by Inventor Robert M. Griswold, Jr.

Robert M. Griswold, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 8156215
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method of device management. In one embodiment of the present invention, a management device can receive device management data from devices on a network in a variety of device management protocols and map the device management data to a protocol used by a device management client. Because the management device can provide device management data in a format usable by the device management client, regardless of which protocol was originally used to generate the device management data, the device management client can turn to the management device to gather all or a portion the device management data from heterogeneous devices on a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Crossroads Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Griswold, Jr., Joseph M. Hill, III
  • Publication number: 20110047258
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method of device management. In one embodiment of the present invention, a management device can receive device management data from devices on a network in a variety of device management protocols and map the device management data to a protocol used by a device management client. Because the management device can provide device management data in a format usable by the device management client, regardless of which protocol was originally used to generate the device management data, the device management client can turn to the management device to gather all or a portion the device management data from heterogeneous devices on a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Robert M. Griswold, JR., Joseph M. Hill, III
  • Patent number: 7827261
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method of device management. In one embodiment of the present invention, a management device can receive device management data from devices on a network in a variety of device management protocols and map the device management data to a protocol used by a device management client. Because the management device can provide device management data in a format usable by the device management client, regardless of which protocol was originally used to generate the device management data, the device management client can turn to the management device to gather all or a portion the device management data from heterogeneous devices on a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Crossroads Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Griswold, Jr., Joseph M. Hill, III
  • Patent number: 6704836
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the performance and reliability of a copy manager by dynamically controlling performance of concurrent extended copy tasks. In one embodiment, the number of concurrent extended copy commands which are allowed to be active within a copy manager are dynamically adjusted based upon the resources available to service the commands (e.g., buffers available to store in-transit data). For example, the total number of data buffers, together with the number of buffers required to execute a single extended copy command, may be used to constrain the number of concurrent extended copy commands which are allowed to be active in the copy manager. Extended copy commands which are not active are held in queue for later execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Crossroads Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Griswold, Jr., Steven A. Justiss