Patents by Inventor James Forman

James Forman 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).

  • Auto quiesce
    Patent number: 6898732
    Abstract: A computing device having multiple masters. The device includes a set of masters and at least one target with at least one bus that provides connecting between the masters and the target. A system controller operates to quiesce masters selected from the set of masters in response to an error message. A system error processor handles the error condition after the selected masters have been quiesced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Mathew Trehus, James Forman, Venkataraman Sukavanam