Patents by Inventor K. Monroe Bridges, III

K. Monroe Bridges, III 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).

  • Calculation of network data check sums by dedicated hardware with software corrections
    Patent number: 5522039
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are presented for an improved data transferring technique between a network and a computing system. A network adapter implements a data transfer from a network to the memory of a destination computing system, accumulating a checksum of all data transferred. The dedicated hardware allows data to be transferred through it and a checksum to be accumulated without intervention by the processor of the destination computing system. Software corrections can generate a checksum of the header data and then generate a net checksum by subtracting the header checksum from the gross checksum accumulated by the dedicated hardware, thus achieving the desired result with minimal intervention by the processor of the destination computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Snyder, Paul R. Zimmer, Michael I. Thompson, Paul T. Congdon, K. Monroe Bridges, III