Patents by Inventor Thomas Earl Ludwig
Thomas Earl Ludwig 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).
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Publication number: 20230421447Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Mark A. Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Patent number: 11848822Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Mark A. Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Publication number: 20230171161Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Mark A. Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Patent number: 11601334Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Mark A. Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Patent number: 9270532Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT. L.L.C.Inventors: Mark Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Publication number: 20160036641Abstract: Resource command messages comprise commands and command urgency or importance information that is interpreted by a resource device and is coupled with information relating to the resource device to determine when to process the command within the resource command message. Resource devices comprising a plurality of resource nodes provide increased performance, responsiveness, and load balancing by multiple resource nodes processing the same resource command message in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT, L.L.C.Inventors: Mark A. Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Patent number: 8819092Abstract: Disaggregated resources distributed among resource nodes provide access to resource consumers by offering resource node information to the resource consumers. Resource node information supplied by each individual resource node comprises incomplete information with respect to the complete disaggregated resource. Resource consumers collect resource node information to create maps of the disaggregated resource, ensure coherency, or manage the disaggregated resource.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Thomas Earl Ludwig, Mark Adams
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Patent number: 8726363Abstract: Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Rateze Remote MGMT, L.L.C.Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, William R. Babbitt, Jr., Mark Adams, Nicholas James Witchey
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Patent number: 8387132Abstract: Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, William R. Babbitt, Jr., Mark Adams, Nicholas James Witchey
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Publication number: 20120195315Abstract: Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT. L.L.C.Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, William R. Babbitt, JR., Mark Adams, Nicholas James Witchey
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Patent number: 7924881Abstract: Systems and methods ensure that datagrams retain integrity in light of the problems associated with the internetworking protocol's use of datagram identifiers drawn from a first pool of datagram identifiers. The methods involve controlling the use of datagram identifiers to ensure that only certain identifiers are allowable. A second pool of datagram identifiers is created that is different from the first pool. A datagram identifier is drawn from the second pool and assigned to a datagram in a manner that the datagram identifier is controlled from being reused during the lifetime of the datagram. In alternative embodiments the number of available datagram identifiers is either increased through optional header fields, or reduced through tracking allowed datagram identifiers. A first host notifies a second host of an allowed identifier. The second host uses the allowed identifier as a datagram identifier.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2006Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Richard W. Hull, Mark Adams, Rochak Sharma, Adnan Khan, Samuel K. Baughman, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Publication number: 20100162236Abstract: Methods for instantiating virtual operating systems are presented. A virtual operating system can be aggregated from a pool of services as a function of a virtual operating system state. The state comprises a service, a location of the service, and a starting point from which the service should begin to offer services.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Nicholas J. Witchey, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Robert D. Fish
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Patent number: 7743214Abstract: Systems and methods for generating storage system commands are presented. Logical volumes comprise one or more storage areas. The methods include providing a map of the logical volume from information relating to the types of the storage areas composing the volume. Storage commands referencing the logical volume map are converted to storage area commands by command handlers associated with the type of the storage areas in the logical volume. The storage system comprises clients that access the storage areas by using a command stacks associated with the logical volumes.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Inventors: Mark Adams, Thomas Earl Ludwig, Samuel K. Baughman, Nicholas J. Witchey, Nauzad Sadry
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Patent number: 7702850Abstract: A topology independent storage array. In a preferred embodiment the topology of the array is reconfigurable due to information control packets passed among storage nodes comprising the array. The topology of the array, as determine by the relationship between data sets stored within the array's storage nodes and storage maps of the storage node, can be reconfigured without requiring a complete duplication of the entire array. In especially preferred embodiments, the topology of the storage array follows a Z-10 or a Z-110 configuration where storage devices store one or more mirrored parts of a data set per storage device.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Inventors: Thomas Earl Ludwig, Charles William Frank
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Publication number: 20100095023Abstract: Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT L.L.C.Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, William R. Babbitt, JR., Mark Adams, Nicholas James Witchey
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Patent number: 7620981Abstract: Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2005Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Inventors: Charles William Frank, Thomas Earl Ludwig, William R. Babbitt, Jr., Mark Adams, Nicholas James Witchey
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Patent number: RE47411Abstract: Disaggregated resources distributed among resource nodes provide access to resource consumers by offering resource node information to the resource consumers. Resource node information supplied by each individual resource node comprises incomplete information with respect to the complete disaggregated resource. Resource consumers collect resource node information to create maps of the disaggregated resource, ensure coherency, or manage the disaggregated resource.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT. L.L.C.Inventors: Thomas Earl Ludwig, Mark Adams
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Patent number: RE48630Abstract: Disaggregated resources distributed among resource nodes provide access to resource consumers by offering resource node information to the resource consumers. Resource node information supplied by each individual resource node comprises incomplete information with respect to the complete disaggregated resource. Resource consumers collect resource node information to create maps of the disaggregated resource, ensure coherency, or manage the disaggregated resource.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT. L.L.C.Inventors: Thomas Earl Ludwig, Mark Adams
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Patent number: RE48894Abstract: Disaggregated resources distributed among resource nodes provide access to resource consumers by offering resource node information to the resource consumers. Resource node information supplied by each individual resource node comprises incomplete information with respect to the complete disaggregated resource. Resource consumers collect resource node information to create maps of the disaggregated resource, ensure coherency, or manage the disaggregated resource.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: RATEZE REMOTE MGMT. L.L.C.Inventors: Thomas Earl Ludwig, Mark Adams