Patents by Inventor John Croll

John Croll 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).

  • Boot system for distributed digital data processing system
    Patent number: 5367688
    Abstract: A distributed digital data processing system including a host and at least one node interconnected by a communications link. In response to a boot command, the node requests its boot image from the host over the communications link. The host then provides pointers to portions of the boot image to the node. The node then retrieves the portions of the boot image identified by the pointers. These operations are repeated until node retrieves the entire boot image. By having the host supply pointers to the boot image and the node perform the retrieval operations in response to the pointers, the host is freed to perform other operations while the node is actually performing the retrieval operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: John Croll
  • Boot system for distributed digital data processing system
    Patent number: 4885770
    Abstract: A distributed digital data processing system including a host and at least one node interconnected by a communications link. In response to a boot command, the node requests its boot image from the host over the communications link. The host then provides pointers to portions of the boot image to the node. The node then retrieves the portions of the boot image identified by the pointers. These operations are repeated until node retrieves the entire boot image. By having the host supply pointers to the boot image and the node perform the retrieval operations in response to the pointers, the host is freed to perform other operations while the node is actually performing the retrieval operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: John Croll