Patents by Inventor Steven E. Stallion

Steven E. Stallion 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).

  • Patent number: 9270578
    Abstract: Managing network communications between network hosts that have multiple physical network ports coupled to the network. A first host broadcasts address resolution requests from first physical network ports of the first host and receives responses to the address resolution requests from second physical network ports of a second host. The responses include respective connection bandwidths of the second physical network ports. The first host generates connectivity information describing a plurality of available communication routes in the network between first physical network ports of the first host and second physical network ports of the second host based on the responses, from which a subset of available communication routes can be selected for data transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: INTERMODAL DATA, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Hopkins, Sherman J. Sanders, Steven E. Stallion
  • Publication number: 20150030025
    Abstract: Managing network communications between network hosts that have multiple physical network ports coupled to the network. A first host broadcasts address resolution requests from first physical network ports of the first host and receives responses to the address resolution requests from second physical network ports of a second host. The responses include respective connection bandwidths of the second physical network ports. The first host generates connectivity information describing a plurality of available communication routes in the network between first physical network ports of the first host and second physical network ports of the second host based on the responses, from which a subset of available communication routes can be selected for data transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Coraid, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Hopkins, Sherman J. Sanders, Steven E. Stallion