Patents by Inventor Howard E. Parsons

Howard E. Parsons 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: 5255372
    Abstract: Apparatus for efficiently interconnecting OEMI channels of a multiprocessor facility. A plurality of channel adapters are connected to individual channels from a plurality of processors. A supervisory interrupt driven microprocessor receives a link request from a channel adapter when the channel adapter has determined that two logical adapters are in an appropriate architected state. The microprocessor will assign a data bus to channel adapters involved in a link request if certain criteria is met by said link requests, signifying an efficient transfer between said channel adapters is likely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian S. Butter, Howard E. Parsons