Patents by Inventor William Clinton Terrell

William Clinton Terrell 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 of providing network node services
    Patent number: 7447197
    Abstract: A network node for processing messages transmitted via a network, the node including: a first circuit providing a processor-based node path; a second circuit, coupled to the first circuit, providing a switch-based node path; and a memory storing mapping information accessible by the first and second circuits, wherein the processing of messages received by the network node is allocated between the first and second circuit based on the mapping information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: QLOGIC, Corporation
    Inventors: William Clinton Terrell, Wayland Jeong, William W. Chow, Gordon Larimer