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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2004
Applicants:

Chet R. Douglas, Tucson, AZ (US);

Nathan E. Marushak, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Chet R. Douglas, Tucson, AZ (US);

Nathan E. Marushak, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method according to one embodiment may include communicating, by an expander device, with at least one initiator engine using at least a first communication protocol and at least one target storage device using at least a second communication protocol. The method of this embodiment may also include translating, by the expander device, between first commands transmitted using the first communication protocol and second commands transmitted using the second communication protocol. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.


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