Gary M. Papenfuss

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St. Paul, MN, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Network device scheduler and methods thereof
- Patent number 9,590,924
- Issue date Mar 7, 2017
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for quality of service in networks
- Patent number 9,172,655
- Issue date Oct 27, 2015
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information 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
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for an out-of-credit timer in a network device
- Patent number 9,094,294
- Issue date Jul 28, 2015
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Network device scheduler and methods thereof
- Patent number 8,995,425
- Issue date Mar 31, 2015
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for modifying frames in a network device
- Patent number 8,995,457
- Issue date Mar 31, 2015
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for hard zoning in networks
- Patent number 8,989,191
- Issue date Mar 24, 2015
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Configurable switch element and methods thereof
- Patent number 8,976,800
- Issue date Mar 10, 2015
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information 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
Information Patent Grant
Configurable switch element and methods thereof
- Patent number 8,391,300
- Issue date Mar 5, 2013
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for routing frames in a network
- Patent number 8,116,206
- Issue date Feb 14, 2012
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports
- Patent number 8,005,105
- Issue date Aug 23, 2011
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
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
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for routing fibre channel frames
- Patent number 7,936,771
- Issue date May 3, 2011
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for congestion control in a fibre channel switch
- Patent number 7,894,348
- Issue date Feb 22, 2011
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for keeping a fibre channel arbitrated loop open...
- Patent number 7,822,057
- Issue date Oct 26, 2010
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information 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
Information Patent Grant
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
Information Patent Grant
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
Information Patent Grant
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
Information 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
Information Patent Grant
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
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports
- Patent number 7,558,281
- Issue date Jul 7, 2009
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for congestion control based on optimum bandwidth...
- Patent number 7,512,067
- Issue date Mar 31, 2009
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
LUN based hard zoning in fibre channel switches
- Patent number 7,466,700
- Issue date Dec 16, 2008
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for routing fibre channel frames
- Patent number 7,447,224
- Issue date Nov 4, 2008
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information 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
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for keeping a fibre channel arbitrated loop open...
- Patent number 7,420,982
- Issue date Sep 2, 2008
- Qlogic, Corporation
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information 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
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING FIBRE CHANNEL PORTS
- Publication number 20090290584
- Publication date Nov 26, 2009
- Frank R. Dropps
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
LUN BASED HARD ZONING IN FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCHES
- Publication number 20090168772
- Publication date Jul 2, 2009
- Frank R. Dropps
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR KEEPING A FIBRE CHANNEL ARBITRATED LOOP OPEN...
- Publication number 20090046736
- Publication date Feb 19, 2009
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
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
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTING FIBRE CHANNEL FRAMES
- Publication number 20090034550
- Publication date Feb 5, 2009
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information 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
Information 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
Information Patent Application
Method and system for congestion control in a fibre channel switch
- Publication number 20050018604
- Publication date Jan 27, 2005
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information 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 keeping a fibre channel arbitrated loop open...
- Publication number 20050018671
- Publication date Jan 27, 2005
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Method and system for routing fibre channel frames
- Publication number 20050018701
- Publication date Jan 27, 2005
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Lun based hard zoning in fibre channel switches
- Publication number 20050018672
- Publication date Jan 27, 2005
- Frank R. Dropps
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information 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
Information Patent Application
Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports
- Publication number 20050018650
- Publication date Jan 27, 2005
- Frank R. Dropps
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Method and system for congestion control based on optimum bandwidth...
- Publication number 20050018606
- Publication date Jan 27, 2005
- Frank R. Dropps
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Gary M. Papenfuss

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Network device scheduler and methods thereof

Systems and methods for quality of service in networks

Multi-speed cut through operation in fibre channel switches

Methods and systems for an out-of-credit timer in a network device

Network device scheduler and methods thereof

Systems and methods for modifying frames in a network device

Systems and methods for hard zoning in networks

Configurable switch element and methods thereof

Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre cha...

Configurable switch element and methods thereof

Method and system for routing frames in a network

Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports

Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre cha...

Method and system for routing fibre channel frames

Method and system for congestion control in a fibre channel switch

Method and system for keeping a fibre channel arbitrated loop open...

Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre cha...

Method and system for managing traffic in fibre channel systems

Method and system for routing network information

Method and system for credit management in a networking system

Method and system for improving bandwidth and reducing idles in fib...

Multi-speed cut through operation in fibre channel switches

Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports

Method and system for congestion control based on optimum bandwidth...

LUN based hard zoning in fibre channel switches

Method and system for routing fibre channel frames

Method and system for managing traffic in fibre channel systems

Method and system for keeping a fibre channel arbitrated loop open...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

MULTI-SPEED CUT THROUGH OPERATION IN FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCHES

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING FIBRE CHANNEL PORTS

LUN BASED HARD ZONING IN FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCHES

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR KEEPING A FIBRE CHANNEL ARBITRATED LOOP OPEN...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC IN FIBRE CHANNEL SYSTEMS

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTING FIBRE CHANNEL FRAMES

Method and system for managing traffic in fibre channel systems

Multi-speed cut through operation in fibre channel

Method and system for congestion control in a fibre channel switch

Method and system for improving bandwidth and reducing idles in fib...

Method and system for keeping a fibre channel arbitrated loop open...

Method and system for routing fibre channel frames

Lun based hard zoning in fibre channel switches

Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre cha...

Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports

Method and system for congestion control based on optimum bandwidth...