Patents by Inventor Andrew Sobczyk

Andrew Sobczyk 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).

  • Method and apparatus for system status monitoring, testing and restoration
    Patent number: 7802147
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for channel monitoring, channel throughput restoration and system testing in relation to channel monitoring and channel throughput restoration is described. A failure status of a channel is identified. The channel and at least one engine associated with the failure status is disabled. A client application assigned such a channel is notified that the channel has been disabled. The at least one engine and the channel associated with the failure status is restored. Additionally, the client application is allowed to destroy and reconstruct command status and state of the channel. Additionally, error information for the failure status is stored. Other aspects include: error injection which may be used for testing ability to detect an error and recover; and a graphical user interface for rendering mode selection for increasing channel throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher W. Johnson, Kevin J. Kranzusch, Andrew Sobczyk
  • Method and apparatus for system status monitoring, testing and restoration
    Patent number: 7627787
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for channel monitoring, channel throughput restoration and system testing in relation to channel monitoring and channel throughput restoration is described. A failure status of a channel is identified. The channel and at least one engine associated with the failure status is disabled. A client application assigned such a channel is notified that the channel has been disabled. The at least one engine and the channel associated with the failure status is restored. Additionally, the client application is allowed to destroy and reconstruct command status and state of the channel. Additionally, error information for the failure status is stored. Other aspects include: error injection which may be used for testing ability to detect an error and recover; and a graphical user interface for rendering mode selection for increasing channel throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher W. Johnson, Kevin J. Kranzusch, Andrew Sobczyk
  • Method and apparatus for system status monitoring, testing and restoration
    Patent number: 7444551
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for channel monitoring, channel throughput restoration and system testing in relation to channel monitoring and channel throughput restoration is described. A failure status of a channel is identified. The channel and at least one engine associated with the failure status is disabled. A client application assigned such a channel is notified that the channel has been disabled. The at least one engine and the channel associated with the failure status is restored. Additionally, the client application is allowed to destroy and reconstruct command status and state of the channel. Additionally, error information for the failure status is stored. Other aspects include: error injection which may be used for testing ability to detect an error and recover; and a graphical user interface for rendering mode selection for increasing channel throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher W. Johnson, Kevin J. Kranzusch, Andrew Sobczyk