BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.

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Technologies

Intl Class Technology # of Patents Rank
 
 
 
G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 115191
 
 
 
H04L TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 9680
 
 
 
H04J MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION 2679
 
 
 
G01R MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 6122
 
 
 
H05K PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 697
 
 
 
H03M CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL 591
 
 
 
H04Q SELECTING 396
 
 
 
H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 376
 
 
 
G06T IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 268
 
 
 
G09G ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION 2117

Top Patents (by citation)

Patent # Title Filing Date Issue Date Intl Class Cited #
6,400,730 Method and apparatus for transferring data between IP network devices and SCSI and fibre channel devices over an IP networkFeb 08, 00Jun 04, 02[H04J, G06F]275
5,610,745 Method and apparatus for tracking buffer availabilityOct 26, 95Mar 11, 97[H04J, H04Q]149
6,160,813 Fibre channel switching system and methodMar 21, 97Dec 12, 00[H04L]142
5,835,496 Method and apparatus for data alignmentApr 30, 96Nov 10, 98[H04J]102
5,519,695 Switch element for fiber channel networksOct 27, 94May 21, 96[H04J]92
6,401,128 System and method for sending and receiving frames between a public device and a private deviceAug 06, 99Jun 04, 02[G06F]84
6,532,212 Trunking inter-switch linksSep 25, 01Mar 11, 03[G06F]83
7,120,728 Hardware-based translating virtualization switchJul 31, 02Oct 10, 06[G06F]73
5,528,584 High performance path allocation system and method with fairness insurance mechanism for a fiber optic switchOct 27, 94Jun 18, 96[H04J]67
5,872,822 Method and apparatus for memory sequencingOct 26, 95Feb 16, 99[H04L]65

Recent Publications

Publication # Title Filing Date Pub Date Intl Class
2013/0111,001 System And Method For Creating And Communicating Freely Associated Collection To Share InformationOct 31, 11May 02, 13[G06F]
2013/0111,077 SAN FABRIC ONLINE PATH DIAGNOSTICSOct 31, 11May 02, 13[G06F]
2013/0111,374 METHOD FOR BRIDGING MULTIPLE NETWORK VIEWSOct 26, 11May 02, 13[G06F]
2013/0100,854 VPLS OVER MULTI-CHASSIS TRUNKOct 19, 12Apr 25, 13[H04L]
2013/0103,881 Multi-Processor Architecture Implementing A Serial Switch And Method Of Operating SameDec 14, 12Apr 25, 13[G06F]
2013/0094,361 INTELLIGENT LAYER-2 FORWARDINGOct 04, 12Apr 18, 13[H04L]
2013/0080,827 DATA MIGRATION WITHOUT INTERRUPTING HOST ACCESSNov 13, 12Mar 28, 13[G06F]
2013/0070,766 MULTICAST ROUTE CACHE SYSTEMSep 15, 12Mar 21, 13[H04L]
2013/0051,235 END-TO-END LOSSLESS ETHERNET IN ETHERNET FABRICAug 29, 12Feb 28, 13[H04L]
2013/0044,586 FASTER FAILOVERS FOR FAST REROUTE (FRR) LSPsAug 14, 12Feb 21, 13[H04L]

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Recent Patents

Patent # Title Filing Date Issue Date Intl Class
8,427,958 Dynamic latency-based reroutingApr 30, 10Apr 23, 13[G06F]
8,412,831 Per priority TCP quality of serviceAug 03, 09Apr 02, 13[H04L, H04W, G06F, H04B]
8,413,018 Separate memories and address busses to store data and signatureAug 17, 09Apr 02, 13[H03M]
8,406,125 Synchronization of multicast information using incremental updatesOct 27, 10Mar 26, 13[H04H, H04J, H04L, H04W, G06F]
8,397,007 Interrupt moderationJul 16, 12Mar 12, 13[G06F]
8,379,658 Deferred queuing in a buffered switchJun 30, 10Feb 19, 13[H04L]
8,375,363 Mechanism to change firmware in a high availability single processor systemJun 28, 07Feb 12, 13[G06F]
8,369,335 Method and system for extending routing domain to non-routing end stationsMar 24, 10Feb 05, 13[H04L]
8,339,994 Defining an optimal topology for a group of logical switchesAug 27, 09Dec 25, 12[H04L, G06F]
8,340,120 User selectable multiple protocol network interface deviceSep 30, 09Dec 25, 12[H04L]

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Top Inventors for This Owner

Inventor Name Address # of Patent/Pub
Hammons Richard L
Hollister, CA
67
Ko Kung-Ling
Union City, CA
29
Vobbilisetty Suresh
San Jose, CA
24
Koganti Phanidhar
Not Provided
23
Balasubramanian Shankar
Sunnyvale, CA
22
Kaushik Balakumar N
Sunnyvale, CA
22
McClanahan Edward D
Pleasanton, CA
22
Joshi Prajakta S
Not Provided
20
Gnanasekaran Sathish Kumar
Not Provided
18
Yu Shunjia
Not Provided
17