Patents by Inventor Gregory Scott Joyce

Gregory Scott Joyce 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).

  • System for user registering an address resolution routine to provide address resolution procedure which is used by data link provider interface for resolving address conflicts
    Patent number: 5812767
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a number of stations connected in a network configuration, each station including a processor, a storage and an I/O controller, where the processor operates under control of an operating system control program which is divided into a user (application) space and a kernel (system) space, the kernel may include a protocol layer interfacing the user application to a DLPI in the kernel, a DLPI which interfaces between the protocol module and a device driver interface, a device driver and a hardware device for connecting the station to the network. When data is to be received by a station from the network, the following steps are performed in the DLPI: recognize the network interface type (FDDI, Ethernet, Token Ring, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Desai, Jessie Ann Hays Haug, Gregory Scott Joyce, Lance Warren Russell, Larry Steven Wise