Patents by Inventor Dennis Eugene Gates

Dennis Eugene Gates 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).

  • Patent number: 6216199
    Abstract: A system and method for managing data stored in a cache block in a cache memory includes a cache block is located at a cache block address in the cache memory, and the data in the cache block corresponds to a storage location in a storage array identified by a storage location identifier. A storage processor accesses the cache block in the cache memory and provides a cache management command to a command processor. A processor memory coupled to the storage processor stores a search key based on the storage location identifier corresponding to the cache block. A command processor coupled to the storage processor receives a cache management command specified by the storage processor and transfers the storage location identifier from the processor memory. A cache management memory stores a cache management structure including the cache block address and the search key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney Allen DeKoning, John Richard Kloeppner, Dennis Eugene Gates