Patents by Inventor Cindy M. Merkin

Cindy M. Merkin 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 configuring a bus-to-bus bridge
    Patent number: 5568619
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor for processing information; a processor bus, a first expansion bus; a host bridge for coupling the processor bus to the first expansion bus; a second expansion bus; a first bus bridge for coupling the first expansion bus to the second expansion bus; a plurality of input/output (I/O) devices coupled to the second expansion bus; and a first storage device for storing a first set of configuration data for the plurality of I/O devices; a second storage device for storing additional configuration data. The first storage device includes a register for storing a pointer for pointing to addresses in the first storage device for forwarding addresses sent from the processor to the I/O devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Blackledge, Ariel Cohen, Sagi Katz, Cindy M. Merkin