Patents by Inventor Xiaocheng “Cora” Chen

Xiaocheng “Cora” Chen 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).

  • Registered state change notification for a fibre channel network
    Patent number: 8295288
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various aspects of a Fibre Channel (Fibre Channel) fabric having switches that employ Registered State Change Notifications (RSCNs) with enhanced payloads. Two types of RSCN message formats are provided, both including status information about the affected device(s). In one embodiment, a RSCN message format for inter-switch communication provides various information about the affected devices according to one of a plurality of predetermined formats. In another embodiment, a node device RSCN message format provides information about a port state, the identification of the affected port, along with the port and node world wide names and the FC-4 types supported by the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Brocade Communications System, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaocheng “Cora” Chen, Raymond C. Tsai, Richard L. Hammons, Lalit D. Pathak, Sundar Poudyal, Daotang Yang