Patents by Inventor Diana C. Klashman

Diana C. Klashman 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 program code for identifying new nodes on a bus following a reset
    Patent number: 6917970
    Abstract: After a reset on a bus, the topologies of nodes on the bus before and after the reset are accessed to identify nodes that are new to the bus. A host identifies itself in both the new topology data and the old topology data. Referring to the connectedness between ports of a node and other ports in the new topology, similarly connected nodes in the old topology are identified as matching. Identifying data present in the old data can be assigned to the corresponding node in the new data. Any nodes in the new tree lacking a matching node will require requests over the bus to obtain its identification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Jay, Srinivas Madhur, Mark R. Johnson, Diana C. Klashman
  • Directory structure-based reading of configuration ROM
    Patent number: 6823449
    Abstract: A method of reading configuration ROM in a serial bus device reads only portions of the ROM that are organized in a directory structure. Typically, the configuration ROM follows the IEEE 1212 and/or 1394 standards and uses an IEEE 1394 bus. Based on the information read from the configuration ROM, a connecting computer can determine the appropriate device driver to use for communications with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivas Madhur, Mark R. Johnson, Stephen A. Jay, Diana C. Klashman
  • Method and program code for identifying new nodes on a bus following a reset
    Publication number: 20020174275
    Abstract: After a reset on a bus, the topologies of nodes on the bus before and after the reset are accessed to identify nodes that are new to the bus. A host identifies itself in both the new topology data and the old topology data. Referring to the connectedness between ports of a node and other ports in the new topology, similarly connected nodes in the old topology are identified as matching. Identifying data present in the old data can be assigned to the corresponding node in the new data. Any nodes in the new tree lacking a matching node will require requests over the bus to obtain its identification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen A. Jay, Srinivas Madhur, Mark R. Johnson, Diana C. Klashman
  • Directory structure-based reading of configuration ROM
    Publication number: 20020129231
    Abstract: A method of reading configuration ROM in a serial bus device reads only portions of the ROM that are organized in a directory structure. Typically, the configuration ROM follows the IEEE 1212 and/or 1394 standards and uses an IEEE 1394 bus. Based on the information read from the configuration ROM, a connecting computer can determine the appropriate device driver to use for communications with the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Srinivas Madhur, Mark R. Johnson, Stephen A. Jay, Diana C. Klashman