Gai; Silvano

Patent Applications and Registrations

Patent applications and USPTO patent grants for Gai; Silvano.The latest application filed is for "distributed fibre channel forwarder".

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Gai; Silvano - Groveland CA
Gai; Silvano - San Jose CA
Gai; Silvano - Sane Jose CA US
Gai; Silvano - Vigliano d'Asti IT

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Patent Activity

Patent	Date
Distributed fibre channel forwarder Grant 9,515,922 - Desanti , et al. December 6, 2	2016-12-06
Fibre channel over ethernet Grant 9,246,834 - Cafiero , et al. January 26, 2	2016-01-26
End-to end fibre channel over ethernet Grant 9,246,743 - Gai , et al. January 26, 2	2016-01-26
Apparatus and method for applying network policy at a network device Grant 9,219,638 - Gai , et al. December 22, 2	2015-12-22
Mirroring mechanisms for storage area networks and network based virtualization Grant 9,009,427 - Sharma , et al. April 14, 2	2015-04-14
Distributed Fibre Channel Forwarder App 20150085867 - Desanti; Claudio ; et al.	2015-03-26
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet App 20150036499 - Cafiero; Luca ; et al.	2015-02-05
Distributed fibre channel forwarder Grant 8,948,176 - Desanti , et al. February 3, 2	2015-02-03
Fibre Channel over Ethernet Grant 8,842,694 - Cafiero , et al. September 23, 2	2014-09-23
Methods and apparatus for implementing virtualization of storage within a storage area network Grant 8,725,854 - Edsall , et al. May 13, 2	2014-05-13
Fibre channel switch that enables end devices in different fabrics to communicate with one another while retaining their unique fibre channel domain.sub.--IDs Grant 8,625,460 - Dutt , et al. January 7, 2	2014-01-07
End-to-end Fibre Channel Over Ethernet App 20130329743 - Gai; Silvano ; et al.	2013-12-12
Ethernet extension for the data center Grant 8,565,231 - Gai , et al. October 22, 2	2013-10-22
Forwarding table reduction and multipath network forwarding Grant 8,532,099 - Kreeger , et al. September 10, 2	2013-09-10
End-to-end fibre channel over ethernet Grant 8,514,856 - Gai , et al. August 20, 2	2013-08-20
Apparatus And Method For Applying Network Policy At A Network Device App 20130086266 - GAI; SILVANO ; et al.	2013-04-04
Apparatus and method for applying network policy at a network device Grant 8,321,908 - Gai , et al. November 27, 2	2012-11-27
Security groups Grant 8,295,168 - Gai , et al. October 23, 2	2012-10-23
Fibre channel over ethernet Grant 8,238,347 - DeSanti , et al. August 7, 2	2012-08-07
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet App 20120195310 - Cafiero; Luca ; et al.	2012-08-02
Methods and apparatus for improved determination of network metrics Grant 8,208,389 - Alaria , et al. June 26, 2	2012-06-26
Fibre channel over ethernet Grant 8,160,094 - Cafiero , et al. April 17, 2	2012-04-17
Method and apparatus for reliably and asymmetrically distributing security information within a fibre channel fabric Grant 8,151,318 - DeSanti , et al. April 3, 2	2012-04-03
Ethernet Extension For The Data Center App 20110222402 - Gai; Silvano ; et al.	2011-09-15
Methods and devices for the coordination of flow control between a TCP/IP network and other networks Grant 8,004,981 - Bergamasco , et al. August 23, 2	2011-08-23
Ethernet extension for the data center Grant 7,969,971 - Gai , et al. June 28, 2	2011-06-28
Apparatus and method for performing fast fibre channel write operations over relatively high latency networks Grant 7,934,023 - Basavaiah , et al. April 26, 2	2011-04-26
FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH THAT ENABLES END DEVICES IN DIFFERENT FABRICS TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER WHILE RETAINING THEIR UNIQUE FIBRE CHANNEL DOMAIN_IDs App 20110090816 - DUTT; Dinesh G. ; et al.	2011-04-21
Fibre channel fabric and switches with flexible prefix addressing Grant 7,912,052 - DeSanti , et al. March 22, 2	2011-03-22
Fibre channel switch that enables end devices in different fabrics to communicate with one another while retaining their unique fibre channel domain.sub.--IDs Grant 7,876,711 - Dutt , et al. January 25, 2	2011-01-25
Forwarding Table Reduction And Multipath Network Forwarding App 20110007741 - Kreeger; Lawrence ; et al.	2011-01-13
Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring computer networks Grant 7,848,264 - Gai , et al. December 7, 2	2010-12-07
Network device architecture for consolidating input/output and reducing latency Grant 7,830,793 - Gai , et al. November 9, 2	2010-11-09
Forwarding table reduction and multipath network forwarding Grant 7,801,125 - Kreeger , et al. September 21, 2	2010-09-21
Port analyzer adapter Grant 7,782,784 - Agrawal , et al. August 24, 2	2010-08-24
Method and apparatus for auto-configuring layer three intermediate computer network devices Grant 7,640,287 - Gai , et al. December 29, 2	2009-12-29
Security Groups App 20090300350 - Gai; Silvano ; et al.	2009-12-03
Mirror Consistency Checking Techniques For Storage Area Networks And Network Based Virtualization App 20090259817 - Sharma; Samar ; et al.	2009-10-15
Techniques for Improving Mirroring Operations Implemented In Storage Area Networks and Network Based Virtualization App 20090259816 - Sharma; Samar ; et al.	2009-10-15
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet App 20090252038 - Cafiero; Luca ; et al.	2009-10-08
Methods and apparatus for encapsulating a frame for transmission in a storage area network Grant 7,599,360 - Edsall , et al. October 6, 2	2009-10-06
Mirroring Mechanisms For Storage Area Networks and Network Based Virtualization App 20090228651 - Sharma; Samar ; et al.	2009-09-10
Security groups Grant 7,567,510 - Gai , et al. July 28, 2	2009-07-28
Fibre channel over ethernet Grant 7,564,869 - Cafiero , et al. July 21, 2	2009-07-21
Fibre Channel Fabric And Switches With Flexible Prefix Addressing App 20090162058 - DeSanti; Claudio ; et al.	2009-06-25
FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH THAT ENABLES END DEVICES IN DIFFERENT FABRICS TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER WHILE RETAINING THEIR UNIQUE FIBRE CHANNEL DOMAIN_IDs App 20090141657 - Dutt; Dinesh G. ; et al.	2009-06-04
Fibre channel fabric and switches with flexible prefix addressing Grant 7,512,123 - DeSanti , et al. March 31, 2	2009-03-31
Fibre channel switch that enables end devices in different fabrics to communicate with one another while retaining their unique fibre channel domain.sub.--IDs Grant 7,499,410 - Dutt , et al. March 3, 2	2009-03-03
Apparatus And Method For Applying Network Policy At A Network Device App 20090037977 - Gai; Silvano ; et al.	2009-02-05
Methods and apparatus for credit-based flow control Grant 7,474,613 - Bergamasco , et al. January 6, 2	2009-01-06
Methods and Apparatus for Implementing Virtualization of Storage within a Storage Area Network App 20080320134 - Edsall; Thomas James ; et al.	2008-12-25
Apparatus and method for a lightweight, reliable, packet-based transport protocol Grant 7,443,845 - Gai , et al. October 28, 2	2008-10-28
Methods and apparatus for implementing virtualization of storage within a storage area network Grant 7,433,948 - Edsall , et al. October 7, 2	2008-10-07
Fast convergence with topology switching Grant 7,428,237 - Gai , et al. September 23, 2	2008-09-23
Apparatus and method for preventing loops in a computer network Grant 7,412,557 - Di Benedetto , et al. August 12, 2	2008-08-12
Method and apparatus for high-speed parsing of network messages Grant 7,395,332 - Gai , et al. July 1, 2	2008-07-01
Methods and apparatus for improved determination of network metrics App 20080019282 - Alaria; Valentina ; et al.	2008-01-24
RSVP transmitter proxy Grant 7,272,651 - Bolding , et al. September 18, 2	2007-09-18
System and method for performing regular expression matching with high parallelism Grant 7,225,188 - Gai , et al. May 29, 2	2007-05-29
Mirroring mechanisms for storage area networks and network based virtualization App 20070094465 - Sharma; Samar ; et al.	2007-04-26
Mirror consistency checking techniques for storage area networks and network based virtualization App 20070094464 - Sharma; Samar ; et al.	2007-04-26
Techniques for improving mirroring operations implemented in storage area networks and network based virtualization App 20070094466 - Sharma; Samar ; et al.	2007-04-26
System for discovering and maintaining geographic location information in a computer network to enable emergency services Grant 7,194,354 - Oran , et al. March 20, 2	2007-03-20
System for dynamically tracking the location of network devices to enable emergency services App 20070055746 - Oran; David R. ; et al.	2007-03-08
Method and apparatus for defining and implementing high-level quality of service policies in computer networks Grant 7,185,073 - Gai , et al. February 27, 2	2007-02-27
System for dynamically tracking the location of network devices to enable emergency services Grant 7,149,499 - Oran , et al. December 12, 2	2006-12-12
Fibre channel over ethernet App 20060251067 - DeSanti; Claudio ; et al.	2006-11-09
Method and apparatus for performing high-speed traffic shaping Grant 7,130,272 - Gai , et al. October 31, 2	2006-10-31
Apparatus and method for preventing loops in a computer network App 20060206656 - Di Benedetto; Marco ; et al.	2006-09-14
Apparatus and method for preventing one way connectivity loops in a computer network Grant 7,076,594 - Benedetto , et al. July 11, 2	2006-07-11
Fibre channel over Ethernet App 20060098681 - Cafiero; Luca ; et al.	2006-05-11
Forwarding table reduction and multipath network forwarding App 20060098589 - Kreeger; Lawrence ; et al.	2006-05-11
Ethernet extension for the data center App 20060101140 - Gai; Silvano ; et al.	2006-05-11
Network device architecture for consolidating input/output and reducing latency App 20060087989 - Gai; Silvano ; et al.	2006-04-27
Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring bridged networks using a spanning tree algorithm Grant 6,976,088 - Gai , et al. December 13, 2	2005-12-13
Method and apparatus for performing high-speed traffic shaping Grant 6,950,400 - Tran , et al. September 27, 2	2005-09-27
Security groups for VLANs App 20050190758 - Gai, Silvano ; et al.	2005-09-01
Apparatus and method for performing fast fibre channel write operations over relatively high latency networks App 20050192967 - Basavaiah, Murali ; et al.	2005-09-01
Method and apparatus for high-speed parsing of network messages App 20050165966 - Gai, Silvano ; et al.	2005-07-28
Methods and devices for the coordination of flow control between a TCP/IP network and other networks App 20050141419 - Bergamasco, Davide ; et al.	2005-06-30
Method and apparatus for performing high-speed traffic shaping Grant 6,904,014 - Gai , et al. June 7, 2	2005-06-07
Apparatus and method for performing fast fibre channel write operations over relatively high latency networks App 20050117522 - Basavaiah, Murali ; et al.	2005-06-02
Method and apparatus for high-speed parsing of network messages Grant 6,892,237 - Gai , et al. May 10, 2	2005-05-10
Information searching device Grant 6,874,016 - Gai , et al. March 29, 2	2005-03-29
Fibre Channel Switch that enables end devices in different fabrics to communicate with one another while retaining their unique Fibre Channel Domain_IDs App 20050036499 - Dutt, Dinesh G. ; et al.	2005-02-17
Fibre channel switch that enables end devices in different fabrics to communicate with one another while retaining their unique fibre channel domain_IDs App 20050025075 - Dutt, Dinesh G. ; et al.	2005-02-03
Multiple packet paths to improve reliability in an IP network Grant 6,831,898 - Edsall , et al. December 14, 2	2004-12-14
Apparatus And Method Preventing One Way Connectivity Loops In A Computer Network App 20040221087 - Benedetto, Marco Di ; et al.	2004-11-04
Shared spanning tree protocol Grant 6,813,250 - Fine , et al. November 2, 2	2004-11-02
Security groups for VLANs App 20040160903 - Gai, Silvano ; et al.	2004-08-19
Port analyzer adapter App 20040153854 - Agrawal, Pawan ; et al.	2004-08-05
Apparatus and method for a scalable network attach storage system App 20040139167 - Edsall, Thomas James ; et al.	2004-07-15
Apparatus and method for a lightweight, reliable, packet-based transport protocol App 20040109443 - Gai, Silvano ; et al.	2004-06-10
Method and apparatus for efficiently reassembling fragments received at an intermediate station in a computer network Grant 6,714,985 - Malagrino , et al. March 30, 2	2004-03-30
Method and apparatus for auto-configuring layer three intermediate computer network devices Grant 6,697,360 - Gai , et al. February 24, 2	2004-02-24
Methods and apparatus for credit-based flow control App 20040027987 - Bergamasco, Davide ; et al.	2004-02-12
Fast convergence with topology switching Grant 6,678,241 - Gai , et al. January 13, 2	2004-01-13
System for discovering and maintaining geographic location information in a computer network to enable emergency services Grant 6,665,611 - Oran , et al. December 16, 2	2003-12-16
Cascading associative memory arrangement Grant 6,658,458 - Gai , et al. December 2, 2	2003-12-02
Method and apparatus for identifying network data traffic flows and for applying quality of service treatments to the flows Grant 6,651,101 - Gai , et al. November 18, 2	2003-11-18
Method and apparatus for organizing, storing and evaluating access control lists Grant 6,651,096 - Gai , et al. November 18, 2	2003-11-18
Methods and apparatus for implementing virtualization of storage within a storage area network App 20030172149 - Edsall, Thomas James ; et al.	2003-09-11
Methods and apparatus for encapsulating a frame for transmission in a storage area network App 20030118053 - Edsall, Thomas James ; et al.	2003-06-26
Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring computer networks using a spanning tree algorithm Grant 6,535,491 - Gai , et al. March 18, 2	2003-03-18
Method And Apparatus For Rapidly Reconfiguring Computer Networks Using A Spanning Tree Algorithm App 20020147800 - GAI, SILVANO ; et al.	2002-10-10
Method and apparatus for identifying network data traffic flows and for applying quality of service treatments to the flows Grant 6,434,624 - Gai , et al. August 13, 2	2002-08-13
Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring computers networks executing the spanning tree algorithm Grant 6,388,995 - Gai , et al. May 14, 2	2002-05-14
Method And Apparatus For Rapidly Reconfiguring Computers Networks Executing The Spanning Tree Algorithm App 20020052936 - GAI, SILVANO ; et al.	2002-05-02
Method and apparatus for identifying network data traffic flows and for applying quality of service treatments to the flows Grant 6,286,052 - McCloghrie , et al. September 4, 2	2001-09-04
Spanning tree with fast link-failure convergence Grant 6,219,739 - Dutt , et al. April 17, 2	2001-04-17
Spanning tree with fast link-failure convergence Grant 6,202,114 - Dutt , et al. March 13, 2	2001-03-13
Shared spanning tree protocol Grant 6,188,694 - Fine , et al. February 13, 2	2001-02-13
Method and apparatus for defining and implementing high-level quality of service policies in computer networks Grant 6,167,445 - Gai , et al. December 26, 2	2000-12-26
Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring computer networks Grant 6,032,194 - Gai , et al. February 29, 2	2000-02-29