Patents by Inventor James F. McCarty

James F. McCarty 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).

  • System and method for increasing write performance in a fibre channel environment
    Patent number: 6356944
    Abstract: A system with a plurality of devices compatible with the Fiber Channel Protocol, with at least one initiator/originator and one target/responder. The initiator/originator is provided with the capability to send both data and command frames to the target/responder to increase write performance. The target/responder allocates a portion of its Responder-Exchange-Identifiers for the write use of the initiator/originator, which manages the use of these identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P.
    Inventor: James F. McCarty
  • System and method for controlling multiple initiators in a fibre channel environment
    Patent number: 6014383
    Abstract: A computer system with a plurality of devices compatible with the Fibre Channel Protocol, wherein at least two of which devices are initiators. The computer system is provided with the capability to control and manage multiple initiators configured in an Arbitrated Loop. This capability is realized by manipulating the contents in outstanding.sub.-- link.sub.-- services arrays associated with the initiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventor: James F. McCarty
  • System and method for automatically and dynamically changing an address associated with a device disposed in a fire channel environment
    Patent number: 5954796
    Abstract: A computer system with a plurality of devices compatible with the Fibre Channel Protocol, which computer system is provided with the capability to dynamically alter the configuration of the plurality of devices without a system reset, or without additional software overhead. This capability is realized by providing unique mapping relationships between low-level Fibre Channel information structures related to the devices and upper-level link elements compatible with an Operating System associated with the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: James F. McCarty, Richard D. Gunlock, Michael E. McGowen
  • System and method for arbitrated loop recovery
    Patent number: 5944798
    Abstract: A computer system with a plurality of devices compatible with the Fibre Channel Protocol. The computer system is provided with the capability to recover from a loop hang condition resulting from an unresponsive communication link in an Arbitrated Loop. This capability is realized by providing a sense mechanism for detecting a no-change condition in the states associated with a controller arranged in the Arbitrated Loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corp.
    Inventors: James F. McCarty, William C. Galloway