Patents by Inventor Roger Woodruff

Roger Woodruff 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).

  • Storage area network interconnect server
    Patent number: 7526527
    Abstract: Systems and methods for interconnecting a SAN with hosts on a remote network are disclosed. The systems and methods receive a set of device identifiers for a set of physical storage devices on the SAN. The device identifiers are mapped to a set of virtual device identifiers. Virtual devices having the virtual device identifiers are created on the remote network. The virtual devices correspond with the physical devices. Commands and responses are mapped and communicated between the virtual devices and the corresponding physical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Woodruff
  • System and method for interconnecting a storage area network
    Patent number: 7433952
    Abstract: Systems and methods for interconnecting a SAN with hosts on a remote network are disclosed. The systems and methods receive a set of device identifiers for a set of physical storage devices on the SAN. The device identifiers are mapped to a set of virtual device identifiers. Virtual devices having the virtual device identifiers are created on the remote network. The virtual devices correspond with the physical devices. Commands and responses are mapped and communicated between the virtual devices and the corresponding physical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Woodruff
  • Determining a remote device name
    Patent number: 7370078
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and signal-bearing media for determining the name of a remotely attached device. A server discovers the devices attached to it and extracts the device names in a first protocol format. The server encodes the device names into a second protocol format. When a client requests a list of supported devices, the server sends the device names found in the second protocol format. The client decodes the names into the second protocol format back into the first protocol format and presents the device names to a host attached to the client. In this way, the host is freed from manually predetermining the device names, and the host need have no knowledge of the server or the second protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Woodruff