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Robert J. Dugan
Also filed as: DUGAN ROBERT J
28 granted patents·2 pending applications·966 citations·filing 1979–2009
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30 records- 0194US6687766B1Method and apparatus for a fibre channel control unit to execute search commands locallyIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 3, 2004·86 cites·24 claims
- 0294US4455605AMethod for establishing variable path group associations and affiliations between "non-static" MP systems and shared devicesIBM·Filed 1981·Granted Jun 19, 1984·164 cites·11 claims
- 0392US7085860B2Method and apparatus for a non-disruptive recovery of a single partition in a multipartitioned data processing systemIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 1, 2006·66 cites·12 claims
- 0490US5461721ASystem for transferring data between I/O devices and main or expanded storage under dynamic control of independent indirect address words (IDAWs)IBM·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 24, 1995·156 cites·18 claims
- 0589US7512133B2Method and apparatus for obtaining multiple port addresses by a fibre channel from a network fabricIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 31, 2009·54 cites·5 claims
- 0687US7707505B1Dynamic tabs for a graphical user interfaceINSWEB CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 27, 2010·66 cites·24 claims
- 0787US4374415AHost control of suspension and resumption of channel program executionIBM·Filed 1980·Granted Feb 15, 1983·95 cites·3 claims
- 0881US4497022AMethod and apparatus for measurements of channel operationIBM·Filed 1982·Granted Jan 29, 1985·64 cites·11 claims
- 0977US7675865B2Transfer of error-analysis and statistical data in a fibre channel input/output systemIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 9, 2010·5 cites·23 claims
- 1077US7609643B2Transfer of error-analysis and statistical data after retry in a fibre channel input/output systemIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 27, 2009·5 cites·18 claims
- 1175US7543081B2Use of N—Port ID virtualization to extend the virtualization capabilities of the FC-SB-3 protocol and other protocolsIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 2, 2009·7 cites·1 claims
- 1274US4400773AIndependent handling of I/O interrupt requests and associated status information transfersIBM·Filed 1980·Granted Aug 23, 1983·44 cites·8 claims
- 1370US6785241B1Method for pacing buffered data transfers over a network such as fibre channelIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 31, 2004·69 cites·19 claims
- 1469US7324455B2Transfer of error-analysis and statistical data in a fibre channel input/output systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 29, 2008·9 cites·8 claims
- 1561US7433306B2Method for identifying selected applications utilizing a single existing available bit in frame headersIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 7, 2008·5 cites·6 claims
- 1661US4342082AProgram instruction mechanism for shortened recursive handling of interruptionsIBM·Filed 1979·Granted Jul 27, 1982·24 cites·3 claims
- 1760US7409448B2Method, system, and storage medium for resolving contention issues during channel program executionIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 5, 2008·4 cites·7 claims
- 1858US7668196B2Communicating between communications components having differing protocols absent component modificationsIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 23, 2010·1 cites·53 claims
- 1958US7089234B2Communicating state information in a network employing extended queries and extended responsesIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 8, 2006·5 cites·33 claims
- 2055US7720967B2Method, system, and storage medium for resolving contention issues during channel program executionIBM·Filed 2008·Granted May 18, 2010·0 cites·5 claims
- 2155US7676609B2Method and apparatus for non-disruptively unassigning an active address in a fabricIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 9, 2010·0 cites·4 claims
- 2254US7804775B2Apparatus and computer program for identifying selected applications utilizing a single existing available bit in frame headersIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 28, 2010·0 cites·11 claims
- 2354US7523202B2Method, system, and storage medium for resolving contention issues during channel program executionIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 21, 2009·0 cites·1 claims
- 2454US6338083B1Method and apparatus for transfer of information using optical fiber connectionsIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 8, 2002·21 cites·29 claims
- 2552US7472209B2Method for non-disruptively unassigning an active address in a fabricIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 30, 2008·0 cites·2 claims
- 2652US7464190B2Method and apparatus for a non-disruptive removal of an address assigned to a channel adapter with acknowledgment error detectionIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 9, 2008·0 cites·1 claims
- 2749US6473782B1Method and apparatus for transfer information using optical fiber connectionsIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 29, 2002·16 cites·50 claims
- 2848US8265081B2Obtaining multiple port addresses by a fibre channel from a network fabricDUGAN ROBERT J·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 11, 2012·0 cites·15 claims
- 2943US2006168382A1Resolving conflicting requests for use of shared resourcesIBM·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3035US2006271706A1Method, apparatus, and computer program product for requesting deterministic virtual address identifiers for nodes in a fibre channel networkDUGAN ROBERT J·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
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