Microsemi Storage Solutions Assigned Patent

Microsemi Storage Solutions, U.S., Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,560,039) developed by Kalman, Dean, Durham, NC, Sandars, Ken, Sandringham, Australia, Dolecheck, Brett, Durham, NC, and Reyero, Mike, Keller, TX, for a “controlled discovery of SAN-attached SCSI devices and access control via login authentication.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for accessing data in a storage area network is provided. The method initiates with receiving a request for a list of targets on the storage area network. All the targets on the storage area network are exposed to the requestor and authentication requiring a password is requested from the requestor to grant access to the targets on the storage are network. Access to the targets is granted if the password is acceptable, and access to the targets is refused if the password is unacceptable.“

The patent application was filed on November 26, 2013 (14/090,880).