Patents by Inventor Ducan M. Kitchin

Ducan M. Kitchin 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).

  • Apparatus to speculatively identify packets for transmission and method therefor
    Patent number: 7385926
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus including a packet selector are disclosed herein. The packet selector is configured to select and provide to a transmitter two or more packets, wherein at the time the two or more packets are provided to the transmitter, at least one of the provided packets is not definitely to be transmitted by the transmitter. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Ducan M. Kitchin
  • Apparatus to speculatively identify packets for transmission and method therefor
    Publication number: 20040100981
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system includes: shared memory. The system includes the capability to transfer to a router processing unit a fragment of a received frame and a pointer to the fragment in shared memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Ducan M. Kitchin