Patents by Inventor Robert P. Ng

Robert P. Ng 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).

  • Pseudo writing system and method
    Patent number: 8819308
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for combining a plurality of discrete IO write requests to form a combined IO write request, wherein the plurality of IO write requests define data to be written to a storage network. The combined IO write request is provided to a pseudo multi-write device included within the storage network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Roy E. Clark, Kenneth J. Taylor, Robert P. Ng, Yaron Dar
  • Pseudo writing system and method
    Patent number: 8639861
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for combining a plurality of discrete IO write requests to form a combined IO write request, wherein the plurality of IO write requests define data to be written to a storage network. The combined IO write request is provided to a pseudo multi-write device included within the storage network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Roy E. Clark, Kenneth J. Taylor, Robert P. Ng, Yaron Dar
  • Techniques for providing storage array services to a cluster of nodes using portal devices
    Patent number: 7600088
    Abstract: A storage system includes a local storage array and a remote storage array. The local storage array has a host interface configured to communicate with an external host, a local storage device coupled to the host interface, and a portal device coupled to the host interface. The remote storage array has a remote storage device. The portal device of the local storage array includes local circuitry configured to communicate with (i) the external host through the host interface of the local storage array and (ii) the remote storage device of the remote storage array through a communications pathway. The portal device is configured to behave as a local disk to the external host to enable the external host to perform data mirroring operations between the local storage device and the remote storage device through the host interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Clark, Robert P. Ng