Patents by Inventor Kamran Mostafavi

Kamran Mostafavi 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).

  • Interrupt sharing system assigning each interrupt request signal to a select one of system interrupt signals based on characteristic data of each peripheral device
    Patent number: 6141703
    Abstract: A mechanism that automatically configures the manner in which interrupt signals are shared in order to avoid system failures and improves the system performance is herein disclosed. The mechanism executes as part of the system BIOS during system initialization or reset. The mechanism utilizes information found in the configuration register space to determine the characteristics of the device. The device characteristics are used to determine which devices share IRQ signals. In this manner, devices that cause system failures due to sharing interrupt signals are not assigned a common interrupt signal thereby minimizing system failures and improving the overall system performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Jiangang Ding, Kamran Mostafavi, Phillip Pham, Kai Xu