ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,985, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (South Korea).
"Remote direct attached multiple storage function storage device" was invented by Amir Beygi (San Jose, Calif.), Jimmy Lau (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Ramdas P. Kachare (Pleasanton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple function storage device is disclosed. The multiple function storage device may include an enclosure, a storage device associated with the enclosure, and an bridging device associated with the enclosure. The storage device may include a connector to receive a first message using a first protocol originating at a host, a physica...