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Cut-through routing for network devices
Patent number
9,444,713
Issue date
Sep 13, 2016
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Systems and methods for routing by network devices
Patent number
9,426,063
Issue date
Aug 23, 2016
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Network devices having configurable receive packet queues and relat...
Patent number
9,282,000
Issue date
Mar 8, 2016
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Systems and methods for packet grouping in networks
Patent number
9,225,672
Issue date
Dec 29, 2015
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Multi-speed cut through operation in fibre channel switches
Patent number
9,118,586
Issue date
Aug 25, 2015
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and system for taking a network port offline
Patent number
9,094,343
Issue date
Jul 28, 2015
Qlogic, Corporation
James A. Kunz
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Network devices having configurable receive packet queues and relat...
Patent number
9,071,559
Issue date
Jun 30, 2015
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Memory devices for network devices and associated methods
Patent number
8,995,455
Issue date
Mar 31, 2015
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Systems and methods for using TCAMs in network devices
Patent number
8,996,798
Issue date
Mar 31, 2015
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Method and system for network switch element
Patent number
8,873,546
Issue date
Oct 28, 2014
Qlogic, Corporation
James A. Kunz
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre cha...
Patent number
8,644,317
Issue date
Feb 4, 2014
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and system for network switch element
Patent number
8,068,482
Issue date
Nov 29, 2011
Qlogic, Corporation
James A. Kunz
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre cha...
Patent number
7,990,975
Issue date
Aug 2, 2011
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and system for network port addressing
Patent number
7,773,629
Issue date
Aug 10, 2010
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre cha...
Patent number
7,684,401
Issue date
Mar 23, 2010
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and system for managing traffic in fibre channel systems
Patent number
7,649,903
Issue date
Jan 19, 2010
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and system for routing network information
Patent number
7,613,816
Issue date
Nov 3, 2009
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and system for credit management in a networking system
Patent number
7,609,710
Issue date
Oct 27, 2009
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Method and system for improving bandwidth and reducing idles in fib...
Patent number
7,583,597
Issue date
Sep 1, 2009
QLogic Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Multi-speed cut through operation in fibre channel switches
Patent number
7,580,354
Issue date
Aug 25, 2009
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and system for programmable data dependant network routing
Patent number
7,573,909
Issue date
Aug 11, 2009
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Method and system for reducing latency and congestion in fibre chan...
Patent number
7,522,522
Issue date
Apr 21, 2009
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Method and system for managing traffic in fibre channel systems
Patent number
7,430,175
Issue date
Sep 30, 2008
Qlogic, Corporation
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SWITCH ELEMENT
Publication number
20120069839
Publication date
Mar 22, 2012
QLOGIC, Corporation
James A. Kunz
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SWITCH ELEMENT
Publication number
20100118880
Publication date
May 13, 2010
James A. Kunz
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
MULTI-SPEED CUT THROUGH OPERATION IN FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCHES
Publication number
20100040074
Publication date
Feb 18, 2010
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMABLE DATA DEPENDANT NETWORK ROUTING
Publication number
20090296715
Publication date
Dec 3, 2009
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC IN FIBRE CHANNEL SYSTEMS
Publication number
20090041029
Publication date
Feb 12, 2009
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
Method and system for managing traffic in fibre channel systems
Publication number
20050030978
Publication date
Feb 10, 2005
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
Multi-speed cut through operation in fibre channel
Publication number
20050018675
Publication date
Jan 27, 2005
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
Method and system for improving bandwidth and reducing idles in fib...
Publication number
20050018649
Publication date
Jan 27, 2005
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information
Patent Application
Method and system for programmable data dependant network routing
Publication number
20050018680
Publication date
Jan 27, 2005
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
Method and system for reducing latency and congestion in fibre chan...
Publication number
20050018603
Publication date
Jan 27, 2005
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre cha...
Publication number
20050018673
Publication date
Jan 27, 2005
Frank R. Dropps
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE