Patents by Inventor Robert Peter Crowley

Robert Peter Crowley 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).

  • Method for controlling multiple storage devices from a single software entity
    Patent number: 6915524
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of storage devices connected to a host server system from a network server system are provided. One embodiment provides a method for controlling a plurality of devices connected to a host system, comprising: receiving, by an input/output processor (IOP) on a network server system, a device request from a network server operating system; determining to which one of the plurality of devices is the device request directed; creating a host system request for the one of the plurality of devices; and sending the host system request to an IOP of the host system. Another embodiment provides a medium containing program code that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for controlling a plurality of devices connected to a host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Peter Crowley, Andrew Thomas Tauferner
  • Method for controlling multiple storage devices from a single software entity
    Publication number: 20020152295
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of storage devices connected to a host server system from a network server system are provided. One embodiment provides a method for controlling a plurality of devices connected to a host system, comprising: receiving, by an input/output processor (IOP) on a network server system, a device request from a network server operating system; determining to which one of the plurality of devices is the device request directed; creating a host system request for the one of the plurality of devices; and sending the host system request to an IOP of the host system. Another embodiment provides a medium containing program code that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for controlling a plurality of devices connected to a host system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Peter Crowley, Andrew Thomas Tauferner