Patents by Inventor David M. Binford

David M. Binford 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).

  • Communication among partitioned devices
    Patent number: 8898246
    Abstract: A computing device having partitions, and a method of communicating between partitions, are disclosed wherein at least one partition comprises: at least one register substantially always accessible to other partitions and capable of defining an address area; at least one address area that may be accessible to other partitions and is capable of being defined by the at least one register; and address areas other than the at least one accessible address area that are not accessible to other partitions. A method of processing interrupts comprising receiving an interrupt, assessing the origin of the interrupt, accepting, rejecting, or further assessing the interrupt, depending on its origin, when further assessing the interrupt, accepting or rejecting the interrupt depending on its contents, and forwarding accepted interrupts but not rejected interrupts to a target processor, and a device carrying out that method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gary Belgrave Gostin, Larry N. McMahan, Michael A. Schroeder, Craig W. Warner, Richard W. Adkisson, Huai-Ter Victor Chong, David M. Binford, Mark Edward Shaw, Joe P. Cowan, Thierry Fevrier, Arad Rostampour