Patents by Inventor Steve Blumenau

Steve Blumenau 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 and apparatus for identifying network devices on a storage network
    Patent number: 6845395
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing the availability and assignment of data in a storage system that is coupled to a network. A user interface is provided that executes on a host processor that is coupled to the storage system over the network. The user interface communicates with a configuration database in the storage system to identify host processors that are logged into the storage system over the network, to identify storage volumes on the storage system, to identify whether access to a particular storage volume on the storage system is permitted from a particular host processor, and to identify a network path by which host processors are logged into the storage system over the network. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface is provided that can be used to graphically represent host processors, host bus adapters, storage systems, and storage system adapters and storage volumes on the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Blumenau, Steve Cohen, Erez Ofer
  • User interface for managing storage in a storage system coupled to a network
    Patent number: 6839747
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing the availability and assignment of data in a storage system that is coupled to a network. A user interface is provided that executes on a host processor that is coupled to the storage system over the network. The user interface communicates with a configuration database in the storage system to identify host processors that are logged into the storage system over the network, to identify storage volumes on the storage system, to identify whether access to a particular storage volume on the storage system is permitted from a particular host processor, and to identify a network path by which host processors are logged into the storage system over the network. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface is provided that can be used to graphically represent host processors, host bus adapters, storage systems, and storage system adapters and storage volumes on the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Blumenau, Steve Cohen, Jason D. Lindholm, Erez Ofer
  • Method and apparatus for identifying network devices on a storage network
    Publication number: 20040221049
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing the availability and assignment of data in a storage system that is coupled to a network. A user interface is provided that executes on a host processor that is coupled to the storage system over the network. The user interface communicates with a configuration database in the storage system to identify host processors that are logged into the storage system over the network, to identify storage volumes on the storage system, to identify whether access to a particular storage volume on the storage system is permitted from a particular host processor, and to identify a network path by which host processors are logged into the storage system over the network. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface is provided that can be used to graphically represent host processors, host bus adapters, storage systems, and storage system adapters and storage volumes on the storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Blumenau, Steve Cohen, Erez Ofer
  • Method and apparatus for determining an identity of a network device
    Patent number: 6665714
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing the availability and assignment of data in a storage system that is coupled to a network. A user interface is provided that executes on a host processor that is coupled to the storage system over the network. The user interface communicates with a configuration database in the storage system to identify host processors that are logged into the storage system over the network, to identify storage volumes on the storage system, to identify whether access to a particular storage volume on the storage system is permitted from a particular host processor, and to identify a network path by which host processors are logged into the storage system over the network. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface is provided that can be used to graphically represent host processors, host bus adapters, storage systems, and storage system adapters and storage volumes on the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Blumenau, Steve Cohen, Erez Ofer