Patents by Inventor Steve Smaldone

Steve Smaldone 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).

  • Using replication facility to provide secure host network connectivity wherein a first logical device is used exclusively for sending messages from host to second host
    Patent number: 10552060
    Abstract: Techniques for inter-host communication may include issuing a first message from a first host; and sending the first message from the first host to a second host. Sending the first message may include transmitting the first message indirectly to the second host over a first connection between a first data storage system and a second data storage system. The first connection may be used in connection with data replication to maintain a first device of the first data storage system and a second device of the second data storage system as synchronous mirrored copies of a first logical device. Multiple logical devices configured for synchronous replication may be used for inter-host communication. Alternatively, a single logical device configured for synchronous replication may be used for inter-host communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Arieh Don, Ian Wigmore, Steve Smaldone