Patents by Inventor Joel Mark Gould

Joel Mark Gould 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).

  • Method of simultaneously attempting parallel path connections in a multi-stage interconnection network
    Patent number: 6034956
    Abstract: The multi-stage interconnection network of the present invention includes the use of switches in the first stage that have parallel path seeking capabilities. With these switches, a directed flash-flood can be instigated from any one node wherein multiple paths through the network to a designated destination node are tried in parallel in an attempt to find a connection path therebetween. The switches in the first and second stages are interconnected such that each switch in the first stage is connected with every possible priority level to the switches of the second stage. The parallel path seeking switches and network are further configured to test for rejection of the flash-flood by monitoring all connections in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Howard Thomas Olnowich, Jehoshua Bruck, Michael Hans Fisher, Joel Mark Gould, John David Jabusch, Arthur Robert Williams
  • Flash-flooding multi-stage interconnection network with parallel path seeking switching elements
    Patent number: 5774067
    Abstract: A multi-stage interconnection network includes the use of switches in the first stage that have parallel path seeking capabilities. With these switches, a directed flash-flood can be instigated from any one node wherein multiple paths through the network to a designated destination node are tried in parallel in an attempt to find a connection path therebetween. The switches in the first and second stages are interconnected such that each switch in the first stage is connected with every possible priority level to the switches of the second stage. The parallel path seeking switches and network are further configured to test for rejection of the flash-flood by monitoring all connections in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Howard Thomas Olnowich, Jehoshua Bruck, Michael Hans Fisher, Joel Mark Gould, John David Jabusch, Arthur Robert Williams