Patents by Inventor Eric R. Griffith

Eric R. Griffith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for using an in-line credit extender with a host bus adapter
    Patent number: 7380030
    Abstract: A storage area network (“SAN”) and a system is provided. The SAN includes, a host bus adapter operationally coupled with a credit extender, wherein the credit extender receives frames from a Fibre Channel network and sends the received frames to the HBA based on buffer space available in the HBA. The HBA notifies other Fibre Channel ports of buffer space available in the credit extender. The HBA sends a signal to the credit extender notifying the credit extender of available buffer space in the HBA. The HBA includes a management port for interfacing the HBA with the credit extender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: QLOGIC, Corp.
    Inventors: Oscar J. Grijalva, Jerald K. Alston, Eric R. Griffith, James A. Kunz