Patents by Inventor Donivan Ross Ortgies

Donivan Ross Ortgies 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).

  • Flagging of port conditions in high speed networks
    Patent number: 8111610
    Abstract: A non-intrusive condition flag is introduced into high-speed data network for flagging a fault condition without interrupting the normal operation of the network. The condition flag is chosen to be one that is relatively not germane with respect to disrupting the behavior of the ports under a particular network protocol, or that is normally ignored by the network ports and/or devices. The non-intrusive condition flag can be in the form of a marker represented by designating new, currently undefined, Ordered Sets that would not cause the ports to disrupt network behavior. The marker is represented by repeating the same designated Ordered Set twice in sequence, to give the marker fault tolerance and prevent re-transmission. Ordered Sets may be chosen to identify a segment stall condition, a port busy condition, or a user defined condition in a FC network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Calvin Spring Hall, IV, David Alexander Neufeld, Robert Carl Crepps, Donivan Ross Ortgies
  • FLAGGING OF PORT CONDITIONS IN HIGH SPEED NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20090190476
    Abstract: A non-intrusive condition flag is introduced into high-speed data network for flagging a fault condition without interrupting the normal operation of the network. The condition flag is chosen to be one that is relatively not germane with respect to disrupting the behavior of the ports under a particular network protocol, or that is normally ignored by the network ports and/or devices. The non-intrusive condition flag can be in the form of a marker represented by designating new, currently undefined, Ordered Sets that would not cause the ports to disrupt network behavior. The marker is represented by repeating the same designated Ordered Set twice in sequence, to give the marker fault tolerance and prevent re-transmission. Ordered Sets may be chosen to identify a segment stall condition, a port busy condition, or a user defined condition in a FC network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Calvin Springer HALL, IV, David Alexander Neufeld, Robert Carl Crepps, Donivan Ross Ortgies