Igneous Systems Assigned Patent

Igneous Systems, Inc., Seattle, WA, has been assigned a patent (9,081,828) developed by Martin, Timothy Rex, Hughes, Jeffrey Douglas, Rakitzis, Triantaphyllos Byron, and Bhageshpur, Kiran V., Seattle, WA, for a “network addressable storage controller with storage drive profile comparison.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Embodiments are directed towards a controller that provides individual network accessibility to a storage drive. The controller may include a first connector operative to couple with a storage-drive connector, a second connector operative to couple with a backplane connector of a multi-storage-drive chassis, memory, and processor. The controller may convert communication received through the first connector into an Ethernet protocol for output through the second connector, and convert communication received through the second connector into a storage-drive protocol for output through the first connector. A physical shape of the controller may fit adjacent to the storage-drive connector and occupy less space than is bounded by peripheral edges of an end of a separate housing of a storage drive coupled to the storage-drive connector. The controller may manage power provided to the storage drive and may coordinate with other controllers to manage power-up sequences of multiple storage drives.“

The patent application was filed on January 13, 2015 (14/596,179).