Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Alan Pangborn

Jeffrey Alan Pangborn 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).

  • Management of an over-subscribed shared buffer
    Patent number: 10050896
    Abstract: A method of managing a buffer (or buffer memory) includes utilizing one or more shared pool buffers, one or more port/priority buffers and a global multicast pool. When packets are received, a shared pool buffer is utilized; however, if a packet does not fit in the shared pool buffer, then the appropriate port/priority buffer is used. If the packet is a multicast packet, then the global multicast pool is utilized for copies of the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Cavium, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Chao-Lung Yang, Jeffrey Alan Pangborn, Gerald Schmidt
  • MANAGEMENT OF AN OVER-SUBSCRIBED SHARED BUFFER
    Publication number: 20160142317
    Abstract: A method of managing a buffer (or buffer memory) includes utilizing one or more shared pool buffers, one or more port/priority buffers and a global multicast pool. When packets are received, a shared pool buffer is utilized; however, if a packet does not fit in the shared pool buffer, then the appropriate port/priority buffer is used. If the packet is a multicast packet, then the global multicast pool is utilized for copies of the packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Chao-Lung Yang, Jeffrey Alan Pangborn, Gerald Schmidt