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Adapted disk drives executing instructions for I/O command processing

US7698526B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Inventors

Charles Frank · Irvine, US
Thomas Ludwig · San Clemente, US
Thomas Hanan · Mission Viejo, US
William Babbitt · Somerville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 3, 2005
Grant date	Apr 13, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 11, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2212/00
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Communication protocols, systems, and methods that facilitate communication between disaggregated elements, and also to devices adapted to function as such disaggregated elements, particularly across peer-to-peer (masterless) and include one or more unique features such as packet atomicity, blind ACKs, NAT bridging, locking, multicast spanning and mirroring, and authentication.

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