Patents by Inventor Steven E. Polge

Steven E. Polge 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).

  • System for selectively compressing data transferred in network in response to produced first output when network utilization exceeds first threshold and data length over limit
    Patent number: 5555377
    Abstract: A data communications system including a network and a number of data communication stations attached to the network wherein each of the stations includes a processor, a memory, a bus, and a communications adaptor for operatively connecting the processor and memory to the network, the communications adaptor including a means for monitoring network activity on a real time basis and enabling or disabling data compression when network activity exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Christensen, Steven E. Polge, Anthony D. Walker