Patents by Inventor Joy J Chatterjee

Joy J Chatterjee 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).

  • Technique for implementing virtual fabric membership assignments for devices in a storage area network
    Patent number: 7484021
    Abstract: A technique is provided for facilitating fabric membership login for an N_Port of a storage area network. A communication from a network node is received. The communication may include a portion of criteria associated with the N_Port. Using at least a portion of the portion of criteria, a virtual fabric identifier corresponding to a virtual fabric which is associated with the N_Port may be automatically identified. Fabric configuration information, which includes the virtual fabric identifier, may be automatically provided to the network node. A fabric login request from the N_Port to login to the virtual fabric may then be received. According to a specific embodiment, the communication may be transmitted from a network node to an F_Port on a Fiber Channel switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gaurav Rastogi, Ramsundar Janakiraman, Kalyan Ghosh, Badri Ramaswamy, Joy J Chatterjee