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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicants:
Akira Kagami, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Akira Yamamoto, Cupertino, CA (US);
Masayuki Yamamoto, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Akira Kagami, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Akira Yamamoto, Cupertino, CA (US);
Masayuki Yamamoto, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides improved techniques for managing storage resources, such as disk drives, I/O ports, and the like distributed among a plurality of sites according to user demand for these storage resources. Specific embodiments provide users the capability to bring new resources on line, define pathways between resources, and the like. Embodiments can obviate the need for system programmers to manually configure storage resources at a user's site.