EMC Assigned Patent

EMC Corp., Hopkinton, MA, has been assigned a patent (8,185,639) developed by four co-inventors for a "server identification in storage networks."

The co-inventors are Sriram Krishnan, Shrewsbury, MA, Andreas L. Bauer, Boxborough, MA, Russell R. Laporte, Webster, MA, and Gregory W. Lazar, Upton, MA

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described are techniques for providing a host identifier for a host. A first portion including a first identifier associated with a system for the host is received. A second portion including a second identifier generated in accordance with a hardware property of the host is received. The host identifier is formed using the first and second portions. The host identifier is used to uniquely identify the host in a storage area network."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2006 (11/324,786).