Patents by Inventor Aaron C. Brown

Aaron C. Brown 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 Apparatus for an Adapter in a Network Device to Discover its Adapter Name in a Network System
    Publication number: 20090052345
    Abstract: A network system supports multiple network communication protocols. In one embodiment, network device driver software provides a “Fibre Channel over Ethernet” communication capability and methodology. Device driver software manages a Fibre Channel to Ethernet and Ethernet to Fibre Channel address translation in real time for data packet communications in the network system. Different embodiments of the disclosed network system include multiple name servers and network device driver software that together provide multiple adapter name discovery methodologies. In one embodiment, the adapter name discovery methodologies include port name discovery and adapter attributes discovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron C. Brown, Scott M. Carlson, Kevin J. Gildea, Roger G. Hathorn, Jeffrey W. Palm, Renato J. Recio
  • Method and Apparatus for Enabling an Adapter in a Network Device to Discover the Name of Another Adapter of Another Network Device in a Network System
    Publication number: 20090052346
    Abstract: A network system supports multiple network communication protocols. In one embodiment, network device driver software provides a “Fibre Channel over Ethernet” communication capability and methodology. Device driver software manages a Fibre Channel to Ethernet and Ethernet to Fibre Channel address translation in real time for data packet communications in the network system. Different embodiments of the disclosed network system include multiple name servers and network device driver software that together provide multiple adapter name discovery methodologies. In one embodiment, the adapter name discovery methodologies include port name discovery and adapter attributes discovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron C. Brown, Scott M. Carlson, Kevin J. Gildea, Roger G. Hathorn, Jeffrey W. Palm, Renato J. Recio
  • Method and Apparatus for Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Data Packet Translation Via Look up Table Conversion Bridge in a Network System
    Publication number: 20090052461
    Abstract: A network system supports multiple network communication protocols. In one embodiment, network device driver software provides a “Fibre Channel over Ethernet” communication capability and methodology. Device driver software manages a Fibre Channel to Ethernet and Ethernet to Fibre Channel address translation in real time for data packet communications in the network system. Different embodiments of the disclosed network system include multiple name servers and network device driver software that together provide multiple adapter name discovery methodologies. In one embodiment, the adapter name discovery methodologies include port name discovery and adapter attributes discovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron C. Brown, Scott M. Carlson, Kevin J. Gildea, Roger G. Hathorn, Jeffrey W. Palm, Renato J. Recio