Patents by Inventor Jay S. Tomlinson

Jay S. Tomlinson 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).

  • Communications system and method with non-blocking shared interface
    Publication number: 20020129173
    Abstract: A communication system. One embodiment includes at least two functional blocks, wherein an first functional block communicates with a second functional block by establishing a connection. A connection is a logical state in which data may pass between the first functional block and the second functional block. One embodiment includes a bus coupled to each of the functional blocks and configured to carry a plurality of signals. The plurality of signals includes a thread identifier that indicates a transaction stream that the data transfer is part of and a busy signal identified by the thread identifier. The busy signal is issued by the target functional block when resources will be unavailable to perform a transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Richard Aras, Lisa A. Robinson, Geert P. Rosseel, Jay S. Tomlinson, Drew E. Wingard
  • Communications system and method with multilevel connection identification
    Patent number: 6182183
    Abstract: A communication system including at least two functional blocks, wherein an first functional block communicates with a second functional block by establishing a connection, wherein a connection is a logical state in which data may pass between the first functional block and the second functional block. One embodiment includes a bus coupled to each of the functional blocks and configured to carry a plurality of signals. The plurality of signals includes a connection identifier that indicates a particular connection that a data transfer is part of, and a thread identifier that indicates a transaction stream that the data transfer is part of.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew E. Wingard, Geert Paul Rosseel, Jay S. Tomlinson, Lisa A. Robinson