Patents by Inventor Jon Short

Jon Short 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).

  • Enforced routing in switch
    Patent number: 7860113
    Abstract: A method and system for enforcing routing in Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FCAL) switch define a message route for an initiator to initiator message in a FCAL network. The message route is for the initiator to initiator message to traverse each selected switch device in the FCAL network. If the message received is an initiator to initiator message, the system and method force the message that is initiator to initiator message to adapt the defined message route. In this way, the initiator to initiator traffic is forced to traverse identified links in a switched network and can identify issues and problems associated in each of the links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tim F. McCarthy, Roderick Moore, Jonathan Settle, Jon Short
  • ENFORCED ROUTING IN SWITCH
    Publication number: 20100085976
    Abstract: A method and system for enforcing routing in Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FCAL) switch define a message route for an initiator to initiator message in a FCAL network. The message route is for the initiator to initiator message to traverse each selected switch device in the FCAL network. If the message received is an initiator to initiator message, the system and method force the message that is initiator to initiator message to adapt the defined message route. In this way, the initiator to initiator traffic is forced to traverse identified links in a switched network and can identify issues and problems associated in each of the links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tim F. McCarthy, Roderick Moore, Jonathan Settle, Jon Short