Patents Examined by Stephan M. Baker
  • Reliable method and system for efficiently transporting dynamic data across a network
    Patent number: 7451381
    Abstract: A data networking system designed to provide efficient, yet reliable, transportation of data across a time division multiplexed network. This invention allows for redundantly sending data segments wherein if bad data segments are received, they can be resent in a dynamic manner depending on the network condition and segments can be fragmented, resized and sent with low overhead due to dynamic header sizes, segment sizes, forward error correction, and cyclic redundancy checks. The result is a very adaptive network that meets the demanding requirements of networks such as power line and wireless while still being able to transport data for voice, audio, video, computer, control, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Phonex Broadband Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Miller, Lyman D. Horne, W. Paul Willes, Douglas M. Grover
  • Correcting for data losses with feedback and response
    Patent number: 7269775
    Abstract: A digital content transmission and reception system that uses feedback and re-transmission of missing content is described. A content transmission system broadcasts a complete set of digital content to a plurality of content reception systems via a communication link. A content reception system receives a corresponding incomplete set of digital content, determines particular content portions that are missing, and provided feedback indicating the missing content portions to the content distribution system. The content distribution system then re-transmits content based on the feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ramesh Pendakur, Jason C. Hallford
  • Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) parity check system and method
    Patent number: 6993705
    Abstract: A method for determining Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) parity of data, such data comprising a plurality of bytes, each one of the bytes having a parity bit, the plurality of bytes of data having a CRC. The method includes generating the parity of the parity bits of the plurality of bytes of the data, such generated parity being the parity of the CRC of such data. The method includes: generating parity of the parity bits of the plurality of data bytes; and comparing such generated parity with the parity bit of the CRC of the data. The method receives data having a plurality of N bytes: [D(0), D(1), . . . , D(N?1]) each byte having a parity bit p and computes the parity of [P(0), P(1), . . . P(N?1)].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher S. MacLellan
  • Generic fault management of a computer system
    Patent number: 5740357
    Abstract: A method of managing faults in a computer system including the steps of detecting an error, handling the error along a functional hierarchy and, further, handling a fault that caused the error in a management hierarchy which can be operated separately from the functional hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Gardiner, Gerhard K. Heider, Larry W. Emlich, Bruce H. Luhrs, Michael C. Li, Michael R. Masters, Russell Lloyd Myers, Harlo A. Peterson, Frank M. Robbins, Mark J. Seger