Patents by Inventor Stefano Sguazzin

Stefano Sguazzin 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for performing a maintenance procedure on a data storage system
    Patent number: 6760862
    Abstract: A service processor has a memory, and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to perform part of a maintenance procedure on a data storage system such that a state of the data storage system transitions from a first state to a second state, and store, in a memory, a data structure identifying the second state. The controller is further configured to, after the maintenance procedure is aborted prior to completion of the maintenance procedure and after a transition of the state of the data storage system from the second state to a third state, (i) restore the data storage system to the second state based on the data structure stored in the memory, and (ii) complete the maintenance procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Moshe Schreiber, Arod Shatil, Stefano Sguazzin