Inventor · disambiguated record
Richard L. Hammons
Also filed as: HAMMONS RICHARD L
37 granted patents·9 pending applications·543 citations·filing 2002–2016
98Inventor score
Files withBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC31BROCADE COMM SYSTEM INC2PATHAK LALIT D2AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID1BALASUBRAMANIAN SHANKAR1
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46 records- 0191US7194652B2High availability synchronization architectureBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 20, 2007·83 cites·19 claims
- 0288US7577134B2Port expander for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 18, 2009·23 cites·66 claims
- 0387US7352740B2Extent-based fibre channel zoning in hardwareBROCADE COMMUNCIATIONS SYSTEMS·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 1, 2008·66 cites·33 claims
- 0487US7284236B2Mechanism to change firmware in a high availability single processor systemBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 16, 2007·45 cites·33 claims
- 0587US7188237B2Reboot manager usable to change firmware in a high availability single processor systemBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 6, 2007·51 cites·23 claims
- 0686US7865627B2Fibre channel fabric snapshot serverBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 4, 2011·9 cites·18 claims
- 0786US7620742B2Write capture for fibre channel fabric snapshot serviceBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 17, 2009·10 cites·12 claims
- 0883US8375363B2Mechanism to change firmware in a high availability single processor systemBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 12, 2013·11 cites·39 claims
- 0983US8135858B2Isolation switch for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networksSHANBHAG SANTOSH·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 13, 2012·8 cites·24 claims
- 1083US7707309B2Isolation switch for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 27, 2010·28 cites·117 claims
- 1182US8621567B2Network security and applications to the fabric environmentKLEINSTEIBER JAMES·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 31, 2013·15 cites·11 claims
- 1281US8228820B2Port expander for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networksGOPAL GOWDA MANJUNATH A·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 24, 2012·15 cites·74 claims
- 1381US8077730B2Method and apparatus for providing virtual ports with attached virtual devices in a storage area networkMAVELI NAVEEN S·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 13, 2011·11 cites·18 claims
- 1480US8599847B2Caching remote switch information in a fibre channel switchPATHAK LALIT D·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 3, 2013·6 cites·20 claims
- 1580US8055794B2Isolation switch for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 8, 2011·4 cites·12 claims
- 1678US7606239B2Method and apparatus for providing virtual ports with attached virtual devices in a storage area networkBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 20, 2009·22 cites·55 claims
- 1777US7571261B2Service interface for fibre channel fabric snapshot serviceBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 4, 2009·4 cites·15 claims
- 1877US7161935B2Network fabric management via adjunct processor inter-fabric service linkBROCADE COMM STYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 9, 2007·32 cites·24 claims
- 1977US7036013B2Secure distributed time service in the fabric environmentBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 25, 2006·26 cites·16 claims
- 2076US7877512B2Isolation switch for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 25, 2011·3 cites·49 claims
- 2173US7506039B2Method and device for managing cluster membership by use of storage area network fabricBROCADE COMM SYSTEM INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 17, 2009·16 cites·27 claims
- 2269US8050261B2Method and apparatus for frame redirection in a storage area network environmentBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 1, 2011·5 cites·31 claims
- 2369US7516245B2Network with fibre channel fabric snapshot serviceBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 7, 2009·2 cites·16 claims
- 2469US7392328B2Fabric with fibre channel fabric snapshot serviceBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 24, 2008·2 cites·16 claims
- 2569US7139845B2Fibre channel fabric snapshot serviceBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 21, 2006·8 cites·29 claims
- 2666US9712613B2Fibre channel fabric copy serviceBALASUBRAMANIAN SHANKAR·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 18, 2017·10 cites·4 claims
- 2765US7975006B2Method and device for managing cluster membership by use of storage area network fabricBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 5, 2011·2 cites·23 claims
- 2864US7873984B2Network security through configuration servers in the fabric environmentBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 18, 2011·7 cites·22 claims
- 2964US7243367B2Method and apparatus for starting up a network or fabricBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 10, 2007·9 cites·15 claims
- 3058US8135009B2Caching remote switch information in a Fibre Channel switchPATHAK LALIT D·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 13, 2012·1 cites·15 claims
- 3157US7187659B2Fibre channel switch having a push/pull method for caching remote switch informationBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 6, 2007·5 cites·37 claims
- 3255US8295288B2Registered state change notification for a fibre channel networkCHEN XIAOCHENG CORA·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 23, 2012·2 cites·14 claims
- 3351US8861350B2Fibre channel network employing registered state change notification with enhanced payloadBROCADE COMM SYSTEM INC·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 14, 2014·0 cites·20 claims
- 3451US2011085557A1Partitioning of Switches and Fabrics into Logical Switches and FabricsBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3550US8320241B2Fibre channel network employing registered state change notifications with enhanced payloadCHEN XIAOHENG·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 27, 2012·2 cites·36 claims
- 3648US2006080727A1Network security through configuration servers in the fabric environmentBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3748US2006064743A1Network security through configuration servers in the fabric environmentBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3848US2008072309A1Network security and applications to the fabric environmentBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3948US2006059540A1Network security through configuration servers in the fabric environmentBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4045US7474652B2Caching remote switch information in a fibre channel switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 6, 2009·0 cites·25 claims
- 4144US10931573B2Partitioning of switches and fabrics into logical switches and fabricsAVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 23, 2021·0 cites·17 claims
- 4244US2004085908A1Method and apparatus for managing locking of resources in a cluster by use of a network fabricBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4343US2005268091A1Secure distributed time service in the fabric environmentBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4442US2003163692A1Network security and applications to the fabricBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4540US2003120915A1Node and port authentication in a fibre channel networkBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4639US7433299B2Fault-tolerant updates to a distributed fibre channel databaseBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 7, 2008·0 cites·61 claims
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