Patents by Inventor Tamer Sherif Mahmoud ABDELAZIZ

Tamer Sherif Mahmoud ABDELAZIZ 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).

  • Docking assembly with multi-mode drive control
    Patent number: 11537317
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a storage system with a docking station configured to serve as an interface between a host computer and a portable data pack including multiple storage drives. The docking station includes a drive-side connection interface that provides a physical and electrical coupling to each of the multiple storage drives in the portable data pack, a RAID controller, and mode selection logic for directing communications in route between the host computer and a select drive of the multiple storage drives along one of two selectable paths within the docking station, the first path permitting the host computer to interact with the select drive through the RAID controller and the second path permitting the host computer to interact with the select drive along a data channel that bypasses the RAID controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sebastien Charles, Astolfo Rueda, Tamer Sherif Mahmoud Abdelaziz
  • DOCKING ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-MODE DRIVE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20200310679
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a storage system with a docking station configured to serve as an interface between a host computer and a portable data pack including multiple storage drives. The docking station includes a drive-side connection interface that provides a physical and electrical coupling to each of the multiple storage drives in the portable data pack, a RAID controller, and mode selection logic for directing communications in route between the host computer and a select drive of the multiple storage drives along one of two selectable paths within the docking station, the first path permitting the host computer to interact with the select drive through the RAID controller and the second path permitting the host computer to interact with the select drive along a data channel that bypasses the RAID controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastien CHARLES, Astolfo RUEDA, Tamer Sherif Mahmoud ABDELAZIZ