Patents by Inventor Stuart Stevens

Stuart Stevens 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).

  • Allocation-unit-based virtual formatting methods and devices employing allocation-unit-based virtual formatting methods
    Patent number: 8289984
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present invention provides virtual disk formatting by intermediate devices including: (1) a storage shelf router and the storage shelf in which the storage-shelf is included, to external computing entities, such as disk-array controllers and host computers; (2) an I/O controller; and (3) a storage-bridge device. The virtual-formatting methods of the present invention are based on allocation units, each allocation unit comprising a consecutive sequence of logical blocks and an additional pad region that together map to, and exactly align with, a corresponding consecutive sequence of device blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Emlilex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Donia Sebastian, Stuart Stevens, Jason Owens
  • Allocation-unit-based virtual formatting methods and devices employing allocation-unit-based virtual formatting methods
    Publication number: 20080016275
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present invention provides virtual disk formatting by intermediate devices including: (1) a storage shelf router and the storage shelf in which the storage-shelf is included, to external computing entities, such as disk-array controllers and host computers; (2) an I/O controller; and (3) a storage-bridge device. The virtual-formatting methods of the present invention are based on allocation units, each allocation unit comprising a consecutive sequence of logical blocks and an additional pad region that together map to, and exactly align with, a corresponding consecutive sequence of device blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Donia Sebastian, Stuart Stevens, Jason Owens