ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,827, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (South Korea).

"System and method for supporting chassis level keep alive in NVMe-oF based system" was invented by Ramdas P. Kachare (Pleasanton, Calif.), Sompong Paul Olarig (Pleasanton, Calif.), Wentao Wu (Milpitas, Calif.), Jason Martineau (Milpitas, Calif.) and Oscar P. Pinto (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chassis is disclosed. The chassis may include a processor, a switch, and at least one storage device in communication with a remote processor. The storage device may support an active power mode and a low power mode. A response to a Keep Ali...