Patents by Inventor Floyd R. Bliss

Floyd R. Bliss 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: 4279016
    Abstract: An interrupt system for an instruction pre-fetch microprocessor is provided. The interrupt system includes an instruction address register coupled to a storage address register for holding the next succeeding instruction address to the pre-fetched in a sequence of instructions. A storage address register is provided and is coupled to the instruction address register and is coupled to the storage address register for holding the storage address to be accessed. A first latch receives and stores an interrupt request from one of a plurality of peripheral devices. A second latch, enabling interrupts, is coupled to the storage unit and controlled by instructions from the microprocessor. An interrupt link register stores values of the instruction address register and page information together with arithmetic and logic unit status bits when an interrupt request has occurred from one of the plurality of peripheral devices and an interrupt cycle is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1981
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joel C. Leininger, Floyd R. Bliss, Peter T. Fairchild