Patents by Inventor Steven L. Wilson

Steven L. Wilson 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).

  • Interfabric routing header for use with a backbone fabric
    Patent number: 8532119
    Abstract: A Fiber Channel router used to join fabrics. EX_ports are used to connect to the fabrics. The EX_port joins the fabric but the router will not merge into the fabric. Ports in the Fiber Channel router can be in a fabric, but other ports can be connected to other fabrics. Fiber Channel routers can be interconnected using a backbone fabric. Global, interfabric and encapsulation headers are developed to allow routing by conventional Fiber Channel switch devices in the backbone fabric and simplify Fiber Channel router routing. Phantom domains and devices must be developed for each of the fabrics being interconnected. Front phantom domains are present at each port directly connected to a fabric. Each of these is then connected to at least one translate phantom domain. Zoning is accomplished by use of a special LSAN zoning naming convention. This allows each administrator to independently define devices are accessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Norman Snively, Steven L. Wilson, Edward D. McClanahan, Dennis Hideo Makishima, Daniel Ji Yong Park Chung
  • Multifabric global header
    Patent number: 8059664
    Abstract: A Fiber Channel router used to join fabrics. EX_ports are used to connect to the fabrics. The EX_port joins the fabric but the router will not merge into the fabric. Ports in the Fiber Channel router can be in a fabric, but other ports can be connected to other fabrics. Fiber Channel routers can be interconnected using a backbone fabric. Global, interfabric and encapsulation headers are developed to allow routing by conventional Fiber Channel switch devices in the backbone fabric and simplify Fiber Channel router routing. Phantom domains and devices must be developed for each of the fabrics being interconnected. Front phantom domains are present at each port directly connected to a fabric. Each of these is then connected to at least one translate phantom domain. Zoning is accomplished by use of a special LSAN zoning naming convention. This allows each administrator to independently define devices are accessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Wilson, Robert Norman Snively, Edward D. McClanahan, Dennis Hideo Makishima, Daniel Ji Yong Park Chung