Patents by Inventor Brett McMillian

Brett McMillian 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 and method of multi-path data communications
    Patent number: 8190699
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a multi-path bridge circuit includes a backplane input/output (I/O) interface to couple to a local backplane having at least one communication path to a processing node and includes at least one host interface adapted to couple to a corresponding at least one processor. The multi-path bridge circuit further includes logic adapted to identify two or more communication paths through the backplane interface to a destination memory, to divide a data block stored at a source memory into data block portions, and to transfer the data block portions in parallel from the source memory to the destination node via the identified two or more communication paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Crossfield Technology LLC
    Inventors: Brett McMillian, Gary McMillian, Dennis Ferguson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MULTI-PATH DATA COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20100023595
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a multi-path bridge circuit includes a backplane input/output (I/O) interface to couple to a local backplane having at least one communication path to a processing node and includes at least one host interface adapted to couple to a corresponding at least one processor. The multi-path bridge circuit further includes logic adapted to identify two or more communication paths through the backplane interface to a destination memory, to divide a data block stored at a source memory into data block portions, and to transfer the data block portions in parallel from the source memory to the destination node via the identified two or more communication paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Crossfield Technology LLC
    Inventors: Brett McMillian, Gary McMillian, Dennis Ferguson