Patents by Inventor Tyrone Johnson

Tyrone Johnson 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONNECTIVITY DISCOVERY BETWEEN NETWORK SWITCH AND SERVER BASED ON VLAN IDENTIFIERS
    Publication number: 20120294192
    Abstract: A management computer for managing configuration of servers for connection to a switch comprises a port discovery module to: instruct a target server, for connection to a target switch port, to create a virtual adapter on a virtual switch associated with a physical NIC in the target server; obtain a list of VLAN IDs on all switch ports; select one or more VLAN IDs from the list based on a preset policy; set one such VLAN ID onto the virtual adapter; instruct the target server to manipulate the virtual adapter to send a packet with the set VLAN ID to the target switch port; if the switch accepted the packet sent to the target switch port, update a switch port mapping using the set VLAN ID as a discovered VLAN ID to map the physical NIC associated with the virtual adapter to the target switch port having the discovered VLAN ID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Abid MASOOD, Tyrone JOHNSON, Robert Eugene DOWN, JR., Yoshiki KANO
  • Fishing rod holder with alarm system
    Patent number: D389555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Inventor: Tyrone Johnson