Patents by Inventor William Leo Rollins

William Leo Rollins 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).

  • Patent number: 10855522
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for dual port storage device emulation. A switch is configured with a first virtual switch to provide a first computing device with access a first single port device through a first port and a second port. The switch is configured with a second virtual switch to provide a second computing device with access to a second single port device through a third port and a fourth port. In response to determining that the first computing device has experienced a failure, the first virtual switch and the second virtual switch are reconfigured to provide the second computing device with access to the first single port device through the second port and access to the second single port device through the fourth port. The first computing device is disconnected from accessing the first single port device through the first virtual switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: NetApp Inc.
    Inventors: William Leo Rollins, Daniel John Kolor
  • Publication number: 20200052955
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for dual port storage device emulation. A switch is configured with a first virtual switch to provide a first computing device with access a first single port device through a first port and a second port. The switch is configured with a second virtual switch to provide a second computing device with access to a second single port device through a third port and a fourth port. In response to determining that the first computing device has experienced a failure, the first virtual switch and the second virtual switch are reconfigured to provide the second computing device with access to the first single port device through the second port and access to the second single port device through the fourth port. The first computing device is disconnected from accessing the first single port device through the first virtual switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: William Leo Rollins, Daniel John Kolor
  • Patent number: 9836423
    Abstract: A system and method for adaptive bus configuration operable to respond to hardware changes and other configuration changes is disclosed. In an embodiment, the computing system includes a circuit assembly having at least one processing resource coupled to a respective set of bus traces, at least one peripheral device socket coupled to a respective set of bus traces, and a bus switch coupled to the bus traces of the processing resource and the bus traces of the peripheral device. The bus switch implements a set of connections between the bus traces of the processing resource and the bus traces of the peripheral device sockets according to an instruction. The instruction may specify an allocation of peripheral device sockets to processing resources based on the number of installed processing resources so that no peripheral device is connected to a bus without an attached processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel John Kolor, William Leo Rollins, Robert Walker
  • Publication number: 20160026589
    Abstract: A system and method for adaptive bus configuration operable to respond to hardware changes and other configuration changes is disclosed. In an embodiment, the computing system includes a circuit assembly having at least one processing resource coupled to a respective set of bus traces, at least one peripheral device socket coupled to a respective set of bus traces, and a bus switch coupled to the bus traces of the processing resource and the bus traces of the peripheral device. The bus switch implements a set of connections between the bus traces of the processing resource and the bus traces of the peripheral device sockets according to an instruction. The instruction may specify an allocation of peripheral device sockets to processing resources based on the number of installed processing resources so that no peripheral device is connected to a bus without an attached processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel John Kolor, William Leo Rollins, Robert Walker