Patents by Inventor Raymond Michael HIGGS

Raymond Michael HIGGS 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).

  • Read optical power link service for link health diagnostics
    Patent number: 9077448
    Abstract: A method is provided for monitoring a state of an optical link in a Fiber Channel infrastructure and includes sending an Extended Link Service (ELS) request to read an optical power of the optical link, and diagnosing a degradation of the optical link, based on a response to the ELS request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roger G. Hathorn, Raymond Michael Higgs, George Peter Kuch, Louis William Ricci
  • READ OPTICAL POWER LINK SERVICE FOR LINK HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS
    Publication number: 20140055776
    Abstract: A method is provided for monitoring a state of an optical link in a Fibre Channel infrastructure and includes sending an Extended Link Service (ELS) request to read an optical power of the optical link, and diagnosing a degradation of the optical link, based on a response to the ELS request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roger G. HATHORN, Raymond Michael HIGGS, George Peter KUCH, Louis William RICCI