Patents by Inventor James Timothy Kaba

James Timothy Kaba 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).

  • Input/output unit for a processor of a computer system having partitioned functional elements that are selectively disabled
    Patent number: 5790810
    Abstract: In a computer system containing at least one processor subsystems, an apparatus and a method for selective disabling processor subsystems using functional segmentation of the input/output circuitry. Each processor subsystem has a processor unit that is connected to an input/output unit. The input/output unit is partitioned into functional elements which are connected to other input/output units of other processor subsystems in the plurality of processor subsystems or to data sources and data sinks. The I/O unit further contains a functional element controller for selectively disabling and enabling the functional elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: David Sarnoff Research Center Inc.
    Inventor: James Timothy Kaba