Inventor
PFISTER GREGORY FRANCIS
US31 patents
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IBM
30 patentsUS7093024B2Aug 15, 2006
End node partitioning using virtualization
IBM195 citations99
US7113995B1Sep 26, 2006
Method and apparatus for reporting unauthorized attempts to access nodes in a network computing system
IBM79 citations98
US7099955B1Aug 29, 2006
End node partitioning using LMC for a system area network
IBM67 citations98
US6978300B1Dec 20, 2005
Method and apparatus to perform fabric management
IBM71 citations98
US6789143B2Sep 7, 2004
Infiniband work and completion queue management via head and tail circular buffers with indirect work queue entries
IBM104 citations98
US6748559B1Jun 8, 2004
Method and system for reliably defining and determining timeout values in unreliable datagrams
IBM119 citations98
US7409432B1Aug 5, 2008
Efficient process for handover between subnet managers
IBM82 citations97
US6981025B1Dec 27, 2005
Method and apparatus for ensuring scalable mastership during initialization of a system area network
IBM135 citations97
US6941350B1Sep 6, 2005
Method and apparatus for reliably choosing a master network manager during initialization of a network computing system
IBM93 citations97
US6766467B1Jul 20, 2004
Method and apparatus for pausing a send queue without causing sympathy errors
IBM67 citations96
US6725296B2Apr 20, 2004
Apparatus and method for managing work and completion queues using head and tail pointers
IBM60 citations96
US7636772B1Dec 22, 2009
Method and apparatus for dynamic retention of system area network management information in non-volatile store
IBM48 citations93
US7165110B2Jan 16, 2007
System and method for simultaneously establishing multiple connections
IBM24 citations93
US7136907B1Nov 14, 2006
Method and system for informing an operating system in a system area network when a new device is connected
IBM50 citations93
US7116673B2Oct 3, 2006
Queue pair resolution in infiniband fabrics
IBM23 citations93
US7095750B2Aug 22, 2006
Apparatus and method for virtualizing a queue pair space to minimize time-wait impacts
IBM22 citations93
US6851059B1Feb 1, 2005
Method and system for choosing a queue protection key that is tamper-proof from an application
IBM51 citations93
US6829685B2Dec 7, 2004
Open format storage subsystem apparatus and method
IBM32 citations93
US7574526B2Aug 11, 2009
Multicast group management in infiniband
IBM32 citations92
US6950945B2Sep 27, 2005
Apparatus and method for intersystem lock optimization
IBM25 citations92
US6938138B2Aug 30, 2005
Method and apparatus for managing access to memory
IBM26 citations92
US6832297B2Dec 14, 2004
Method and apparatus for managing data in a distributed buffer system
IBM30 citations92
US7421488B2Sep 2, 2008
System, method, and computer program product for centralized management of an infiniband distributed system area network
IBM11 citations79
US7092401B2Aug 15, 2006
Apparatus and method for managing work and completion queues using head and tail pointers with end-to-end context error cache for reliable datagram
IBM10 citations74
US6898638B2May 24, 2005
Method and apparatus for grouping data for transfer according to recipient buffer size
IBM10 citations74
US7685352B2Mar 23, 2010
System and method for loose ordering write completion for PCI express
IBM6 citations63
US7657945B2Feb 2, 2010
Systems and arrangements to adjust resource accessibility based upon usage modes
IBM6 citations63
US6980551B2Dec 27, 2005
Full transmission control protocol off-load
IBM5 citations63
US7739405B2Jun 15, 2010
Multicast group management in infiniband
IBM0 citations52
US7647396B2Jan 12, 2010
System, method, and computer program product for centralized management of an INFINIBAND distributed system area network
IBM0 citations50