Patents by Inventor Gerald David Miller

Gerald David Miller 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 filtering ethernet frames
    Patent number: 6381648
    Abstract: Within a communication node, low level hardware is programmed and provided with filter data to accept broadcast frames. A high level layer of hardware, utilizing the pre-loaded, pre-defined comparison data, checks incoming frame header information. Based on pre-defined filter data or reference values loaded into low level registers, the high-level hardware will reject or accept submitted data communication frames. This method reduces the requirement for software to operate on each incoming frame header, thus reducing load on the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Neal Carlton Broberg, III, Paul B. Kubista, Gerald David Miller