Liqid Assigned Patent

Liqid Inc., Broomfield, CO, has been assigned a patent (10,180,889) developed by Cannata, James Scott, Denver, CO, Breakstone, Jason, Broomfield, CO, and Long, Christopher R., Colorado Springs, CO, for a “network failover handling in modular switched fabric based data storage systems.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for data storage systems are provided herein. In one example, a data storage system is provided that includes a first processor configured to establish a network connection with an external system, and receive first storage operations transferred by the external system over the network connection, the first storage operations related to storage and retrieval of data on at least one storage drive. The first processor is configured to transfer information describing the network connection for delivery to at least a second processor. The second processor is configured to identify when the first processor has failed, responsively establish the network connection with the external system based at least on the information describing the network connection, and receive second storage operations transferred by the external system over the network connection”.

The patent application was filed on June 23, 2015 (14/747,476).