Patents by Inventor Timothy F. McCain

Timothy F. McCain 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for establishing communications with a data storage system
    Patent number: 7624265
    Abstract: Mechanisms and techniques allow for the establishment of secure, authenticated packet-based communications sessions between a computer system and a processor, such as a service processor, within a data storage system. The computer system is configured with a connection process connection process that operates under user control and that can establish a first packet communications session to a data communications device such as a router within a first computer network such as a vendor computer network. The connection process connection process can then cause the data communications device to establish a second packet communications session between the data communications device and the processor within the data storage system in a secure, reliable and authenticated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Slyva, Gerard T. Carraher, Tuan Q. An, Jeff Emerson, Timothy F. McCain, Neil J. Thibodeau, Kristen D. Martin