Patents by Inventor Henry J. Crawford

Henry J. Crawford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for managing digital resources by passing digital resource tokens between queues
    Patent number: 5918055
    Abstract: A method of managing digital resources of a digital system includes the step of reserving token values for certain digital resources in the digital system. A selected token value in a free-buffer-queue is then matched to an incoming digital resource request. The selected token value is then moved to a valid-request-queue. The selected token is subsequently removed from the valid-request-queue to allow a digital agent in the digital system to process the incoming digital resource request associated with the selected token. Thereafter, the selected token is returned to the free-buffer-queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Henry J. Crawford, Volker Lindenstruth