DETAILED ACTION
Claims 7-20 are present for examination.
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 07/16/2024 is being considered by the examiner.
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of Species II (claims 7-20) in the reply filed on 01/23/2026 is acknowledged.
Specification
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 17-18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 17 recites the limitation "the product…" in line 2.
Claim 17 recites the limitation "the number of priority tokens…" in lines 2-3.
Claim 18 recites the limitation "the number of priority tokens…" in lines 1-2.
Claim 18 recites the limitation "the number of priority tokens…" in lines 2-3.
There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 7-16 and 19-20 allowed.
Claims 17-18 would be allowable if 35 U.S.C. 112(b) is overcome.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: No prior art or combination of prior art teaches or suggest wherein the storage controller includes a rescheduling unit, which is configured to assign priority tokens to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function, and a multi-tenant power control unit, which is configured to receive sub-power states of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function, and allocate a power budget to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function based on the assigned priority tokens and the sub-power states of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function, and the power management circuit is controlled by the multi-tenant power control unit to independently manage power supplied to each of the first, second, and third memory regions based on the power budget allocated to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function as recited in claim 7; and wherein the host is configured to provide a command, which includes a power state field for a storage device including the storage controller and the memory device, and a sub-power state field for at least one of the physical function, the first virtual function, or the second virtual function, and the storage controller is configured to receive the command and allocate a power budget to at least one of the physical function, the first virtual function, or the second virtual function based on the sub-power state field of the command as recited in claim 12.
Nelogal et al. (US11,100,033) teaches wherein storage controller is configured to couple to the information handling system and implements a first virtual function (210) allocated to a first set of one or more storage drives and allocated to a software-defined storage virtual machine (220) executing on a hypervisor (106) of the information handling system and one of a physical function (208) and a second virtual function allocated to a second set of storage drives.
However, Nelogal et al. does not teach allocate a power budget to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function based on the assigned priority tokens and the sub-power states of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function, and the power management circuit is controlled by the multi-tenant power control unit to independently manage power supplied to each of the first, second, and third memory regions based on the power budget allocated to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function as recited in claim 7; and wherein the host is configured to provide a command, which includes a power state field for a storage device including the storage controller and the memory device, and a sub-power state field for at least one of the physical function, the first virtual function, or the second virtual function, and the storage controller is configured to receive the command and allocate a power budget to at least one of the physical function, the first virtual function, or the second virtual function based on the sub-power state field of the command as recited in claim 12.
Singh et al. (US2016/0034415) teaches wherein weights are assigned to each PCIe function by device users as follows: PF0,0->40%; VF0,0->10%; PF1,0->40%; and VF1,0 ->10%. Accordingly, while calculating QoS, each assigned weight is taken into consideration as available execution time is allocated amongst the four (4) PCIe functions (see paragraph 50).
However, Singh et al. does not teach allocate a power budget to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function based on the assigned priority tokens and the sub-power states of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function, and the power management circuit is controlled by the multi-tenant power control unit to independently manage power supplied to each of the first, second, and third memory regions based on the power budget allocated to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function as recited in claim 7; and wherein the host is configured to provide a command, which includes a power state field for a storage device including the storage controller and the memory device, and a sub-power state field for at least one of the physical function, the first virtual function, or the second virtual function, and the storage controller is configured to receive the command and allocate a power budget to at least one of the physical function, the first virtual function, or the second virtual function based on the sub-power state field of the command as recited in claim 12.
Duncan et al. (US2019/0266117) teaches wherein controller is configured to allocate a first portion of resources for use by the PCIe physical function. A PCIe virtual function is coupled to the controller. The is configured to allocate a second portion of resources for use by the PCIe virtual function based, at least in part, on a total number of PCIe physical functions and a total number of PCIe virtual functions associated with the apparatus (see Abstract).
However, Duncan et al. does not teach allocate a power budget to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function based on the assigned priority tokens and the sub-power states of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function, and the power management circuit is controlled by the multi-tenant power control unit to independently manage power supplied to each of the first, second, and third memory regions based on the power budget allocated to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function as recited in claim 7; and wherein the host is configured to provide a command, which includes a power state field for a storage device including the storage controller and the memory device, and a sub-power state field for at least one of the physical function, the first virtual function, or the second virtual function, and the storage controller is configured to receive the command and allocate a power budget to at least one of the physical function, the first virtual function, or the second virtual function based on the sub-power state field of the command as recited in claim 12.
McGrane et al. (US7,793,126) teaches a console that maintains power usage, priorities, and other power data regarding a set of devices may receive a notification that a device has exceeded its budgeted power. In response, using priorities and power usage associated with the devices, the console determines one or more devices to instruct to use less power. A device that exceeded its budgeted power may be instructed to operate at a lower power level or another device (e.g., a lower priority device that is underutilizing its budgeted power) may be instructed to reduce its power to remain below a power budget for the set of devices (see Abstract).
However, McGrane et al. does not teach allocate a power budget to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function based on the assigned priority tokens and the sub-power states of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function, and the power management circuit is controlled by the multi-tenant power control unit to independently manage power supplied to each of the first, second, and third memory regions based on the power budget allocated to each of the physical function, the first virtual function, and the second virtual function as recited in claim 7; and wherein the host is configured to provide a command, which includes a power state field for a storage device including the storage controller and the memory device, and a sub-power state field for at least one of the physical function, the first virtual function, or the second virtual function, and the storage controller is configured to receive the command and allocate a power budget to at least one of the physical function, the first virtual function, or the second virtual function based on the sub-power state field of the command as recited in claim 12.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Troia (US2019/0286607) teaches resource sharing among vehicle applications.
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/ARACELIS RUIZ/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2139