Patents by Inventor Frank Palumbo

Frank Palumbo 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 system for variable length tag processing
    Patent number: 9100334
    Abstract: Machine implemented method and system for processing frames received by a network device from another network device via a network link are provided. The network device is configured to maintain a data structure to determine a tag size of a tag received in a frame header of a frame received by the network device; determine if the tag size is less than a fixed programmable size; insert a blank character to increase the tag size to the programmable size; and process the frame with the tag having the programmable size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: QLOGIC, Corporation
    Inventors: David T. Kwak, Ali A. Khwaja, Frank Palumbo