Patents by Inventor Dale R Burr

Dale R Burr 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).

  • Data communications apparatus
    Patent number: 7551853
    Abstract: An apparatus achieves data communications between a data storage controller and data storage devices within a data storage system via an optical network. The apparatus includes a wavelength division multiplexing logic for simultaneously establishing, on the optical network, a number of arbitrated communications loops between the controller and the data storage system, for communicating data between the controller and the storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher B. E. Beeken, John M. Clifton, Jonathan I. Settle, Dale R Burr