Patents by Inventor Eric Thomas Shalkey

Eric Thomas Shalkey 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 apparatus for implementing an application programming interface for a communications bus
    Patent number: 5815678
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a high-level application programming interface allows simplified control and usage of digital data being transported over an IEEE 1394 serial bus under a variety of operational environments. The system and method of controlling communications on a communications bus includes determining a number of adapters attached to the communications bus, establishing a link between an application program and one or more of the adapters; allocating buffers for data transfer; mapping a memory buffer to a space in storage associated with the communications bus; and executing the applications program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Adaptec, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Alan Hoffman, Eric Thomas Shalkey, Daniel Joseph Moore, Oscar Reid Mitchell, Rajat Datta