Patents by Inventor Lance T. McNally

Lance T. McNally 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).

  • Symmetric multiprocessing system with unified environment and distributed system functions
    Patent number: 5956522
    Abstract: A symmetric multiprocessing system with a unified environment and distributed system functions provides unified address space for all functional units in the system while distributing the execution of various system functions over the functional units of the system whereby each functional unit assumes responsibility for its own aspects of these operations. In addition, the system provides improved system bus operation for transfer of data from memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Packard Bell NEC
    Inventors: James F. Bertone, Bruno DiPlacido, Jr., Thomas F Joyce, Martin Massucci, Lance T. McNally, Thomas L. Murray, Jr., Chester M. Nibby, Jr., Michelle A. Pence, Marc Sanfacon, Jian-Kuo Shen, Jeffrey S. Somers, G. Lewis Steiner