Patents by Inventor Thomas Cornely

Thomas Cornely 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 providing a host-independent name to identify a meta-device that represents a logical unit number
    Patent number: 8271725
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a host-independent name to identify a meta-device that represents a Logical Unit Number (LUN) is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises processing information regarding at least one storage enclosure that comprises at least one Logical Unit Number (LUN) represented by at least one meta-device and generating at least one host-independent name based on the information regarding the at least one storage enclosure, wherein the at least one host-independent name is used to identify the at least one meta-device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Hari Krishna Vemuri, Thomas Cornely