Inventor
DROPPS FRANK R
US125 patents
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QLOGIC CORP
34 patentsUS7983265B1Jul 19, 2011
Method and system for processing a network packet
QLOGIC CORP83 citations98
US7406092B2Jul 29, 2008
Programmable pseudo virtual lanes for fibre channel systems
QLOGIC CORP54 citations96
US9172655B1Oct 27, 2015
Systems and methods for quality of service in networks
QLOGIC CORP20 citations92
US9172602B1Oct 27, 2015
Method and system for auto-negotiation
QLOGIC CORP21 citations92
US7525983B2Apr 28, 2009
Method and system for selecting virtual lanes in fibre channel switches
QLOGIC CORP25 citations92
US7466700B2Dec 16, 2008
LUN based hard zoning in fibre channel switches
QLOGIC CORP24 citations92
US7447224B2Nov 4, 2008
Method and system for routing fibre channel frames
QLOGIC CORP29 citations92
US7430175B2Sep 30, 2008
Method and system for managing traffic in fibre channel systems
QLOGIC CORP33 citations92
US9411400B1Aug 9, 2016
Methods and systems for advertsing available credit at memory of network device ports based on temperature
QLOGIC CORP13 citations84
US9282046B1Mar 8, 2016
Smoothing FIFO and methods thereof
QLOGIC CORP9 citations84
US9264383B1Feb 16, 2016
Systems and methods for quality of service for link aggregation groups
QLOGIC CORP9 citations84
US9154455B1Oct 6, 2015
Method and system for determining drop eligibility of network information
QLOGIC CORP8 citations84
US8050260B1Nov 1, 2011
Method and system for load balancing in infiniband switches and networks
QLOGIC CORP14 citations84
US8005105B2Aug 23, 2011
Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports
QLOGIC CORP10 citations84
US7876752B1Jan 25, 2011
Method and system for partition based network routing
QLOGIC CORP16 citations84
US7843846B1Nov 30, 2010
Method and system for processing network information
QLOGIC CORP14 citations84
US7773629B1Aug 10, 2010
Method and system for network port addressing
QLOGIC CORP9 citations84
US7613816B1Nov 3, 2009
Method and system for routing network information
QLOGIC CORP10 citations84
US7558281B2Jul 7, 2009
Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports
QLOGIC CORP9 citations84
US7548560B1Jun 16, 2009
Method and system for checking frame-length in fibre channel frames
QLOGIC CORP9 citations84
US9071559B1Jun 30, 2015
Network devices having configurable receive packet queues and related methods
QLOGIC CORP8 citations83
US8995425B1Mar 31, 2015
Network device scheduler and methods thereof
QLOGIC CORP6 citations83
US7792115B2Sep 7, 2010
Method and system for routing and filtering network data packets in fibre channel systems
QLOGIC CORP10 citations83
US7719969B1May 18, 2010
System and method for assigning network device port address based on link rate
QLOGIC CORP13 citations83
US7646767B2Jan 12, 2010
Method and system for programmable data dependant network routing
QLOGIC CORP17 citations83
US7903558B1Mar 8, 2011
Method and system for monitoring a network link in network systems
QLOGIC CORP12 citations82
US7525968B1Apr 28, 2009
Method and system for auto routing fibre channel class F frames in a fibre channel fabric
QLOGIC CORP14 citations82
US9444713B1Sep 13, 2016
Cut-through routing for network devices
QLOGIC CORP3 citations73
US9281953B1Mar 8, 2016
Systems and methods for routing multicast packets
QLOGIC CORP3 citations73
US9256491B1Feb 9, 2016
Method and system for data integrity
QLOGIC CORP4 citations73
US9225672B1Dec 29, 2015
Systems and methods for packet grouping in networks
QLOGIC CORP6 citations73
US9154569B1Oct 6, 2015
Method and system for buffer management
QLOGIC CORP6 citations73
US9049113B1Jun 2, 2015
Systems and methods for primitive sequence capture and retransmission in a network device
QLOGIC CORP4 citations73
US8995455B1Mar 31, 2015
Memory devices for network devices and associated methods
QLOGIC CORP5 citations73
DROPPS FRANK R
8 patentsUS8391300B1Mar 5, 2013
Configurable switch element and methods thereof
DROPPS FRANK R19 citations92
US9698803B1Jul 4, 2017
Analog system and associated methods thereof
DROPPS FRANK R7 citations84
US8200473B1Jun 12, 2012
Emulation of multiple MDIO manageable devices
DROPPS FRANK R15 citations84
US8116206B1Feb 14, 2012
Method and system for routing frames in a network
DROPPS FRANK R7 citations84
US8072988B2Dec 6, 2011
Method and system for buffer-to-buffer credit recovery in fibre channel systems using virtual and/or pseudo virtual lanes
DROPPS FRANK R9 citations83
US11200347B1Dec 14, 2021
Secure controller systems and associated methods thereof
DROPPS FRANK R3 citations73
US10664621B1May 26, 2020
Secure controller systems and associated methods thereof
DROPPS FRANK R4 citations73
US10601432B2Mar 24, 2020
Analog system and associated methods thereof
DROPPS FRANK R1 citations73
QLOGIC SWITCH PRODUCTS INC
2 patentsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
2 patentsHEWLETT PACKARD ENTPR DEV LP
2 patentsMCGLAUGHLIN EDWARD C
1 patentMEDTRONIC INC
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