Patents by Inventor Stanford L. Helton

Stanford L. Helton 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).

  • Encapsulating Fibre Channel signals for transmission over non-Fibre Channel networks
    Patent number: 7114009
    Abstract: A method for communicating between a first Fibre Channel (FC) enabled device and a second FC enabled device, where the communication occurs across a fabric that operates in accordance with a first protocol different from a FC protocol of the first and second FC enabled devices. The method includes receiving, from the first FC enabled device, at a first gateway receiver a sequence of bytes including at least one control character in accordance with the FC protocol. The method then includes replacing the at least one control character with at least one data character. The method also includes generating an encapsulation header and an encapsulation footer for encapsulating the sequence of bytes in which at least one control character was replaced with at least one data character. The method then includes setting a control character indicator in the encapsulation header if a first byte in the sequence of bytes received at the gateway receiver is a control character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: San Valley Systems
    Inventors: Loren M. Jones, Stanford L. Helton, Allison Parson, Rendell K. Fong, Edward G. Carmona, Emmanuel W. Jee
  • Encapsulating fibre channel signals for transmission over non-fibre channel networks
    Publication number: 20020133629
    Abstract: A method for communicating between a first Fibre Channel (FC) enabled device and a second FC enabled device, where the communication occurs across a fabric that operates in accordance with a first protocol different from a FC protocol of the first and second FC enabled devices. The method includes receiving, from the first FC enabled device, at a first gateway receiver a sequence of bytes including at least one control character in accordance with the FC protocol. The method then includes replacing the at least one control character with at least one data character. The method also includes generating an encapsulation header and an encapsulation footer for encapsulating the sequence of bytes in which at least one control character was replaced with at least one data character. The method then includes setting a control character indicator in the encapsulation header if a first byte in the sequence of bytes received at the gateway receiver is a control character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Loren M. Jones, Stanford L. Helton, Allison Parsons, Rendell K. Fong, Edward G. Carmona, Emmanuel W. Jee