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David C. Banks
Also filed as: BANKS DAVID · BANKS DAVID C · BANKS DAVID CHARLES
25 granted patents·5 pending applications·1,093 citations·filing 1997–2014
97Inventor score
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30 records- 0191US6160813AFibre channel switching system and methodBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 12, 2000·237 cites·20 claims
- 0290US7301898B1Credit sharing for fibre channel links with multiple virtual channelsBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 27, 2007·72 cites·31 claims
- 0390US7239641B1Quality of service using virtual channel translationBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 3, 2007·79 cites·40 claims
- 0489US6980525B2Method and system for creating and implementing zones in hardware within a fiber channel systemBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 27, 2005·47 cites·79 claims
- 0587US7352740B2Extent-based fibre channel zoning in hardwareBROCADE COMMUNCIATIONS SYSTEMS·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 1, 2008·66 cites·33 claims
- 0686US7151778B2Frame filtering of fibre channel packetsBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 19, 2006·56 cites·66 claims
- 0785US7447198B1Link trunking and measuring link latency in fibre channel fabricBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 4, 2008·52 cites·36 claims
- 0885US6765919B1Method and system for creating and implementing zones within a fibre channel systemBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 20, 2004·104 cites·15 claims
- 0984US7366194B2Fibre channel zoning by logical unit number in hardwareBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 29, 2008·47 cites·33 claims
- 1083US8730840B2Node device cooperating with switch which implements zones in a fibre channel systemBANKS DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted May 20, 2014·5 cites·16 claims
- 1182US7120128B2Method and system for creating and implementing zones within a fibre channel systemBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 10, 2006·23 cites·13 claims
- 1281US6401128B1System and method for sending and receiving frames between a public device and a private deviceBROCADE COMMUNIATIONS SYSTEMS·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 4, 2002·168 cites·18 claims
- 1379US6731646B1Fibre channel switching system and methodBROCADE COMM SYSTEM INC·Filed 2000·Granted May 4, 2004·28 cites·8 claims
- 1478US8279775B2Node device cooperating with switch which implements zones in a fibre channel systemBANKS DAVID·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 2, 2012·5 cites·16 claims
- 1578US7167472B2Fibre channel zoning by device name in hardwareBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 23, 2007·30 cites·63 claims
- 1676US7283486B2Method and system for creating and implementing zones within a fibre channel systemBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 16, 2007·14 cites·4 claims
- 1763US8895931B2Monitoring instrumentHOWE GEOFFREY STUART·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 25, 2014·2 cites·24 claims
- 1861US7139240B2Frame-pull flow control in a fibre channel networkBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 21, 2006·7 cites·130 claims
- 1958US7047777B2Key with transponder and rotating shuttleHURD CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 23, 2006·5 cites·21 claims
- 2053US7301956B2System and method for storing and retrieving multi-speed data streams within a network switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 27, 2007·2 cites·47 claims
- 2153US7028514B2Locking latchHURD CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 18, 2006·6 cites·15 claims
- 2253US2008159171A1Method and system for creating and implementing zones within a fibre channel systemBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2349US9094328B2Topology for large port count switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 28, 2015·0 cites·9 claims
- 2447US2007127366A1Quality of service using virtual channel translationBANKS DAVID C·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2546US6038235AFiber channel automatic arbitration and communication controlSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 14, 2000·23 cites·20 claims
- 2645US2010309921A1Quality of Service Using Virtual Channel TranslationBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 2743US2002156918A1Dynamic path selection with in-order delivery within sequence in a communication networkBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 2839US6779251B2Assembly method for vehicle anti-theft key with resistorHURD CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 24, 2004·0 cites·12 claims
- 2939US5970070ACommunication controllers and methods thereforSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 19, 1999·15 cites·21 claims
- 3039US2003132831A1Vehicle anti-theft key with transponderFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
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