Patents by Inventor John J. Earls

John J. Earls 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).

  • Partition control circuit for separately controlling message sending of nodes of tree-shaped routing network to divide the network into a number of partitions
    Patent number: 5353412
    Abstract: A digital computer having a plurality of message generating elements each generating and receiving messages and a network for transferring messages among the message generating elements. The network includes a plurality of node clusters interconnected in a tree pattern from a lower leaf level to an upper root level, each node cluster including at least one node group with node clusters in a level above at least one predetermined level having a larger number of node groups than node clusters of the predetermined level for transferring messages among the message generating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Thinking Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Douglas, John J. Earls, W. Daniel Hillis, Mahesh N. Ganmukhi