Patents by Inventor Gary Edward Jackson

Gary Edward Jackson 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).

  • Host central processor with associated controller to capture a selected one of a number of memory units via path control commands
    Patent number: 6237028
    Abstract: A pair of data processing systems, each of the data processing system having a host central processor and an associated controller including memory, both of the data processing systems to be cooperatively associated with a number of disk drive memory units, each of the disk drive memory unit coupled to both said controllers. Either one of the host central processors can appropriate any one of the disk drive memory units as a selected disk drive memory unit by propagating path-control-data to the memory in both of the controllers and in the selected disk drive memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventor: Gary Edward Jackson
  • Host central processors with associated controller to capture a selected one of a number of memory units via path control commands
    Patent number: 5812782
    Abstract: A pair of data processing systems, each having a host CP and a controller, both systems to be operatively associated with a number of like memory units, each unit coupled to both controllers, wherein either host CP/controller can appropriate any "selected" memory unit by simply propagating "path-control-data" to memory in both controllers and in the selected memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Unisys Corp
    Inventor: Gary Edward Jackson