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David Lynn Merbach
Also filed as: MERBACH DAVID L · MERBACH DAVID LYNN
33 granted patents·5 pending applications·1,103 citations·filing 1997–2014
98Inventor score
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38 records- 0196US6920494B2Storage area network methods and apparatus with virtual SAN recognitionIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 19, 2005·157 cites·26 claims
- 0293US7287063B2Storage area network methods and apparatus using event notifications with dataIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 23, 2007·113 cites·15 claims
- 0392US8019851B2Intelligent discovery of network information from multiple information gathering agentsIBM·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 13, 2011·20 cites·25 claims
- 0492US7330897B2Methods and apparatus for storage area network component registrationIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 12, 2008·115 cites·39 claims
- 0590US6009466ANetwork management system for enabling a user to configure a network of storage devices via a graphical user interfaceIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 28, 1999·172 cites·18 claims
- 0689US8516489B2Organization of virtual heterogeneous entities into system resource groups for defining policy management framework in a managed systems environmentLAVERONE CRAIG ANTHONY·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 20, 2013·16 cites·20 claims
- 0789US6253240B1Method for producing a coherent view of storage network by a storage network manager using data storage device configuration obtained from data storage devicesIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 26, 2001·184 cites·23 claims
- 0887US7171624B2User interface architecture for storage area networkIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 30, 2007·59 cites·24 claims
- 0985US7827317B2Apparatus for management of mixed protocol storage networksIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 2, 2010·11 cites·26 claims
- 1082US7756958B2Intelligent discovery of network information from multiple information gathering agentsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 13, 2010·31 cites·16 claims
- 1181US8060587B2Methods and apparatus for launching device specific applications on storage area network componentsAHMAD FARHAN·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 15, 2011·37 cites·36 claims
- 1278US7080140B2Storage area network methods and apparatus for validating data from multiple sourcesIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 18, 2006·27 cites·25 claims
- 1377US8327004B2Storage area network methods and apparatus with centralized managementBALDWIN DUANE M·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 4, 2012·13 cites·12 claims
- 1476US7430593B2Storage area network for topology renderingIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 30, 2008·37 cites·22 claims
- 1575US7457846B2Storage area network methods and apparatus for communication and interfacing with multiple platformsIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 25, 2008·25 cites·24 claims
- 1673US7499986B2Storage area network methods with event notification conflict resolutionIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 3, 2009·20 cites·19 claims
- 1772US7526540B2System and method for assigning data collection agents to storage area network nodes in a storage area network resource management systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 28, 2009·17 cites·5 claims
- 1870US7565621B2Methods and apparatus for providing graphical indicators and inline controls for relating and managing portlets in a graphical user interfaceIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 21, 2009·7 cites·30 claims
- 1968US7725555B2Detecting missing elements in a storage area network with multiple sources of informationIBM·Filed 2006·Granted May 25, 2010·4 cites·20 claims
- 2064US7340579B2Managing SANs with scalable hostsIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 4, 2008·8 cites·20 claims
- 2160US7779423B2Detecting entity changes in a storage area network environmentIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 17, 2010·2 cites·35 claims
- 2259US8775499B2Intelligent discovery of network information from multiple information gathering agentsNAGARAJRAO SUNIL K·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 8, 2014·1 cites·18 claims
- 2359US8326978B2Automatic updates to fabric alert definitions for fabric segmentation, fabric merge, and fabric principal switch changesBHARADWAJ SUNIL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 4, 2012·1 cites·20 claims
- 2459US7827260B2Apparatus, system, and method for configuring zone control of a network feature in a heterogeneous networkIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 2, 2010·9 cites·27 claims
- 2559US7673071B2Apparatus, system, and method for generating a name for a system of devicesIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 2, 2010·7 cites·17 claims
- 2658US7398326B2Methods for management of mixed protocol storage area networksIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 8, 2008·4 cites·8 claims
- 2756US9407700B2Intelligent discovery of network information from multiple information gathering agentsIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 2, 2016·0 cites·18 claims
- 2856US8291429B2Organization of heterogeneous entities into system resource groups for defining policy management framework in managed systems environmentLAVERONE CRAIG ANTHONY·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 16, 2012·1 cites·20 claims
- 2956US7401139B1Storage area network management and configuration method and apparatus via enabling in-band communicationsIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 15, 2008·4 cites·16 claims
- 3050US7613720B2Selectively removing entities from a user interface displaying network entitiesIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 3, 2009·1 cites·24 claims
- 3149US10084640B2Automatic updates to fabric alert definitionsIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 25, 2018·0 cites·18 claims
- 3248US2008065831A1Managing SANS with Scalable HostsBALDWIN DUANE M·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3345US2005193105A1Method and system for processing network discovery dataFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3442US2007088810A1Apparatus, system, and method for mapping a storage environmentLAMB MICHAEL L·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3541US2006041559A1Innovation for managing virtual storage area networksIBM·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3639US8655999B2Automatically adjusting scheduled inventory of switched fabricsMERBACH DAVID LYNN·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 18, 2014·0 cites·20 claims
- 3739US2003154271A1Storage area network methods and apparatus with centralized managementFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 3835US8443078B2Method of determining equivalent subsets of agents to gather information for a fabricBHARADWAJ SUNIL·Filed 2010·Granted May 14, 2013·0 cites·20 claims
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