Patents by Inventor David LaFollette

David LaFollette 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 gap count determination
    Patent number: 6212171
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a gap count for a serial bus network is described. A round-trip delay time for transmitting a packet from a first leaf node to a second leaf node and back over a communication path between the nodes for each pair of leaf nodes in the network is determined. A maximum round-trip delay time for each communication path is calculated. A node latency delay time for each leaf node in the network is determined. A longest maximum round-trip delay time and a longest node latency delay time is selected for the network, and a gap count is calculated using the selected times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David LaFollette, Jerrold Hauck