Invention Application
- Patent Title: Seamless scaling of multiple appliances
- Patent Title (中): 无缝缩放多种设备
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Application No.: US10935930Application Date: 2004-09-08
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Publication No.: US20050060700A1Publication Date: 2005-03-17
- Inventor: Tim Bucher , Tim Sullivan
- Applicant: Tim Bucher , Tim Sullivan
- Main IPC: G05B11/01
- IPC: G05B11/01 ; G05B19/18 ; G06F20060101 ; G06F9/445

Abstract:
A method of seamlessly scaling multiple network appliances in an appliance based network. The disclosed method allows a network to automatically utilize the resources of one or more additional appliances without performing extensive installation or calibration routines. In addition, the method includes assigning a new appliance a particular role and sub-role designation such that it is used in the most effective manner to serve the particular needs of the network in which the new appliance is being connected. The new appliance can be used as an expansion appliance to provide additional data storage capabilities, a mirroring appliance, which provides backup data storage capabilities, and/or a range extension appliance that extends the wireless communication range of the existing appliance.
Public/Granted literature
- US09654554B2 Seamless scaling of multiple appliances Public/Granted day:2017-05-16
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