Patents by Inventor Tommi T. Salli

Tommi T. Salli 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).

  • Flexibly provisioning and accessing storage resources using virtual worldwide names
    Patent number: 7831681
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system and computer program product that provide a virtual worldwide name (vWWN) nameservice in a Fiber Channel storage area network (SAN) are provided. Embodiments of the vWWN nameservice can receive a request for a vWWN from a node in the SAN, where the request includes a identifier associated with resources in the SAN, then determine if the identifier matches contents of a field in one or more entries in a vWWN table or database, and provide the vWWN associated with a matching entry to the requesting node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Symantec Operating Corporation
    Inventor: Tommi T. Salli