Patents by Inventor Mark Liebman

Mark Liebman 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).

  • Mapping between virtual local area networks and fibre channel zones
    Patent number: 7155494
    Abstract: A method for transferring information between a first network comprising first-network-stations operating under an Ethernet protocol and a second network comprising second-network-stations operating under a Fibre Channel (FC) protocol, including grouping the first-network-stations into virtual local area networks (VLANs) which each transfer a respective VLAN-data-frame within the VLAN, and grouping the second-network-stations into FC zones which each transfer a respective zone-data-frame within the zone. The method further includes coupling the networks together using a gateway to convey data between the networks, configuring the gateway with an association mapping a primary VLAN and a primary zone, and translating in the gateway between a primary VLAN-data-frame and a primary zone-data-frame, responsive to the association, so as to convey primary-data between the primary VLAN and the primary zone via the gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Sancastle Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Moshe Czeiger, Yoav Flint, Ilya Alexandrovich, Victor Gissin, Mark Liebman
  • Mapping between virtual local area networks and fibre channel zones
    Publication number: 20030131105
    Abstract: A method for transferring information between a first network comprising first-network-stations operating under an Ethernet protocol and a second network comprising second-network-stations operating under a Fibre Channel (FC) protocol, including grouping the first-network-stations into virtual local area networks (VLANs) which each transfer a respective VLAN-data-frame within the VLAN, and grouping the second-network-stations into FC zones which each transfer a respective zone-data-frame within the zone. The method further includes coupling the networks together using a gateway to convey data between the networks, configuring the gateway with an association mapping a primary VLAN and a primary zone, and translating in the gateway between a primary VLAN-data-frame and a primary zone-data-frame, responsive to the association, so as to convey primary-data between the primary VLAN and the primary zone via the gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Moshe Czeiger, Yoav Flint, Ilya Alexandrovich, Victor Gissin, Mark Liebman