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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 26, 2005
Charles William Frank, Irvine, CA (US);
Thomas Earl Ludwig, San Clemente, CA (US);
William R. Babbitt, Jr., Perris, CA (US);
Mark Adams, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Nicholas James Witchey, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Charles William Frank, Irvine, CA (US);
Thomas Earl Ludwig, San Clemente, CA (US);
William R. Babbitt, Jr., Perris, CA (US);
Mark Adams, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Nicholas James Witchey, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Modules and methods that provide virtual device communication via information packets addressed to the virtual devices. Virtual devices aggregate capabilities of target devices and represent the aggregate as an operational device to remote systems. Physical device elements and virtual devices contained within modules are able to communicate and cooperate over extended distances in a peer-to-peer fashion via a virtual bus tunnel offering addressing and data transport functionality. Such modules and methods can be combined with disk drives to form RAID-like storage structures.