Fusion-IO …

Fusion-io, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, has been assigned a patent (8,151,082) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus, system, and method for converting a storage request into an append data storage command."

They are David Flynn, Sandy, UT, Michael Zappe, Wheat Ridge, CO, John Strasser, Syracuse, UT, and Jonathan Thatcher, Lehi, UT.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for converting a storage request to an append data storage command. A storage request receiver module receives a storage request from a requesting device. The storage request is to store a data segment onto a data storage device. The storage request includes source parameters for the data segment. The source parameters include a virtual address. A translation module translates the storage request to storage commands. At least one storage command includes an append data storage command that directs the data storage device to store data of the data segment and the one or more source parameters with the data, including a virtual address, at one or more append points. A mapping module maps source parameters of the data segment to locations where the data storage device appended the data packets of the data segment and source parameters."

The patent application was filed on April 6, 2008 (12/098,433).