Patents by Inventor DANIEL C. HOWE

DANIEL C. HOWE 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).

  • MANAGING STARVATION IN A DISTRIBUTED ARBITRATION SCHEME
    Publication number: 20190220427
    Abstract: Managing starvation in a distributed arbitration scheme including sending, by a starved local arbiter, a starvation message toward a head arbiter, wherein the starvation message comprises an identifier of the starved local arbiter and a request for resources to transfer data to a destination, wherein the requested resources comprise a destination token and a bus slot; receiving, by a neighboring local arbiter, the starvation message, wherein the neighboring local arbiter is between the starved local arbiter and the head arbiter; if the neighboring local arbiter currently has the resources requested in the starvation message: marking, by the neighboring local arbiter, the requested resources with the identifier of the starved local arbiter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: DANIEL C. HOWE, CHARLES F. MARINO, HARRISON M. MCCREARY, MARK L. RUDQUIST
  • MANAGING STARVATION IN A DISTRIBUTED ARBITRATION SCHEME
    Publication number: 20180225241
    Abstract: Managing starvation in a distributed arbitration scheme including sending, by a starved local arbiter, a starvation message toward a head arbiter, wherein the starvation message comprises an identifier of the starved local arbiter and a request for resources to transfer data to a destination, wherein the requested resources comprise a destination token and a bus slot; receiving, by a neighboring local arbiter, the starvation message, wherein the neighboring local arbiter is between the starved local arbiter and the head arbiter; if the neighboring local arbiter currently has the resources requested in the starvation message: marking, by the neighboring local arbiter, the requested resources with the identifier of the starved local arbiter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: DANIEL C. HOWE, CHARLES F. MARINO, HARRISON M. MCCREARY, MARK L. RUDQUIST