Patents by Inventor Nhan T. Pham

Nhan T. Pham 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).

  • Port trunking at a fabric boundary
    Patent number: 8223633
    Abstract: F_PORTs of an edge switch are logically trunking with N_PORTs of a node device outside the fabric via a trunked group of communications links. The trunked N_PORTs of the node device and the trunked F_PORTs of the edge switch are configured to send and receive frames of a particular stream across the multiple trunked links for in-order communication with the other device. The node device outside the fabric initially negotiates with the edge switch using a sequence of fabric login requests and fabric login acceptances to establish the trunked connection between the devices (and their respective ports).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajnish Gupta, Nhan T. Pham, Amod K. Dani, Ponpandiaraj Rajarathinam, Vineet Mathew Abraham
  • System and method for quantitative peer travel and expense benchmarking analysis
    Patent number: 7881997
    Abstract: A system, computer product and method are provided for providing business travel and expense benchmarking analysis. A first data storage receives and stores travel data for peer entities. A second data storage receives and stores expense transaction data for the plurality of peer entities. A data storage server aggregates the metrics of the travel data and the expense transaction data of the plurality of peer entities, generating aggregated travel and expense data. A processor compares a travel and/or expense transaction metric of an individual entity to a corresponding metric of the aggregated travel data and expense transaction data and a communications interface electronically communicates the result of the comparison to a client host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Toni Elizabeth Scanlan, Nhan T. Pham, Srinivas Kumandan, Jeffrey J. Raible, Matthew J. B. Davis, Keith R. Janian, Sivagini Ahamparam, Lori Jean Cales, Orville A. Williams
  • PORT TRUNKING AT A FABRIC BOUNDARY
    Publication number: 20100085981
    Abstract: F_PORTs of an edge switch are logically trunking with N_PORTs of a node device outside the fabric via a trunked group of communications links. The trunked N_PORTs of the node device and the trunked F_PORTs of the edge switch are configured to send and receive frames of a particular stream across the multiple trunked links for in-order communication with the other device. The node device outside the fabric initially negotiates with the edge switch using a sequence of fabric login requests and fabric login acceptances to establish the trunked connection between the devices (and their respective ports).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajnish Gupta, Nhan T. Pham, Amod Dani, Pandi Rajarathinam, Vineet Abraham