Patents by Inventor David Charles Sips

David Charles Sips 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).

  • Data buffer management between two different systems
    Patent number: 6529945
    Abstract: A data buffer management system and method between two different types of systems, The data buffer management system employs circular buffer chaining, wherein multiple state machines service buffer updates from multiple sources, dual buffer structures are maintained, mapping is provided between two different control block structures, and full duplex operation is supported. The data buffer management system manages use of a data buffer memory. A transmit operation is performed by transferring and storing data from one of the two different systems to the data buffer memory The data in the data buffer memory is converted and read by another of the two different systems. A receive operation is performed by transferring and storing data from the other of the two different systems to the data buffer memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: George Michael Calhoun, David Charles Sips, Edward Stanley Suffern