LS Cloud Storage Technologies Assigned Patent

LS Cloud Storage Technologies, LLC, Longview, TX, has been assigned a patent (9,811,463) developed by Gertner, Ilya, Long Beach, CA, for an “apparatus including an I/O interface and a network interface and related method of use.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An apparatus includes interface configured to receive input/output, (I/O) traffic from a host computer via a dedicated I/O channel. The I/O traffic includes one or more I/O requests. The apparatus includes a network interface configured to receive network traffic from a second device via a network. The apparatus includes a cache memory configured to store data and a storage device configured to store second data. The apparatus further includes a processor coupled via a communication path to the storage device. The processor is configured to access the cache memory during processing of the I/O traffic or the network traffic. The processor is further configured to perform one or more access operations at the storage device based on the I/O traffic or the network traffic. The communication path is distinct from the I/O channel.”

The patent application was filed on February 23, 2017 (15/440,277)