Patents by Inventor Vincent Girier

Vincent Girier 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 system for timestamped virtual worm in a SAN
    Patent number: 7139891
    Abstract: In a storage area network (SAN) including a storage device accessible by a remote client, a method is provided. The SAN is configured to allow input/output (I/O) data transport over the SAN between the remote client and the storage device. The method includes establishing a write once read many (WORM) server in the SAN between the storage device and the remote client. Data is received at the WORM server from the remote client. The method further includes appending a digitally signed timestamp to the data, specifying a plurality of locations, and sending the data and the timestamp to the storage device. The data is sent as a series of data over the SAN such that the series of data is written to the storage device at the specified plurality of locations. Future writing of data to the specified plurality of locations is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Axelle Apvrille, Vincent Girier, Jacques Debiez