Patents by Inventor David Allan Schollmeyer

David Allan Schollmeyer 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 for controlling a flow of data a network interface controller to a host processor
    Patent number: 8353003
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a flow of data from a network interface controller (NIC) to a host processor coupled to the NIC. Data such as IP packets are received by the NIC and may be transmitted to the host processor for further processing such as firewall processing. The NIC is in communication with the host processor using, for example, a software driver running on the host processor. The NIC may monitor the processing load on the host processor as it handles packet data received from the NIC. As the processing load increases, the NIC may begin to throttle the quantity of packets being sent to the host processor in order to avoid overloading the host processor. The throttling may be governed by a heuristic throttling function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Exelis Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Paul Noehring, David Allan Schollmeyer, Chad William Mercer