Patents by Inventor Eric John Chesters

Eric John Chesters 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).

  • Cooperative flow locks distributed among multiple components
    Patent number: 8139488
    Abstract: Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-storage media, mechanisms, and means associated with cooperative flow locks distributed among multiple components, such as on different application-specific integrated circuits in a packet switching device. Flow locks are typically used for maintaining the order of packets and operations performed thereon by the coordination of a context (e.g., the processing of a packet by a packet processor) with a corresponding flow lock interface, and by the manner of communication performed among the flow lock interface and the distributed flow locks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Williams, Jr., Eric John Chesters
  • Cooperative Flow Locks Distributed Among Multiple Components
    Publication number: 20090296580
    Abstract: Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-storage media, mechanisms, and means associated with cooperative flow locks distributed among multiple components, such as on different application-specific integrated circuits in a packet switching device. Flow locks are typically used for maintaining the order of packets and operations performed thereon by the coordination of a context (e.g., the processing of a packet by a packet processor) with a corresponding flow lock interface, and by the manner of communication performed among the flow lock interface and the distributed flow locks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc., a corporation of California
    Inventors: John J. Williams, Jr., Eric John Chesters