Patents by Inventor Keith E. Conner

Keith E. Conner 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).

  • Methods of and apparatus for efficient buffer cache utilization
    Patent number: 7210001
    Abstract: Efficient buffer cache utilization frees a data buffer as soon as data buffer processing is completed, and without losing association of the freed data buffer and a descriptor buffer. Separate free buffer link lists identify the freed data buffer and any freed descriptor buffer. The data buffer is rapidly processed then freed generally before completion of processing of the descriptor buffer, freeing the processed associated data buffer before the associated descriptor buffer is freed. The association of the processed free data buffer and the descriptor buffer may be ended to enable the more frequent use of the large capacity data buffer for other update requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Adaptec, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander H. Frey, Keith E. Conner
  • Methods of and apparatus for efficient buffer cache utilization
    Publication number: 20040210794
    Abstract: Efficient buffer cache utilization frees a data buffer as soon as data buffer processing is completed, and without losing association of the freed data buffer and a descriptor buffer. Separate free buffer link lists identify the freed data buffer and any freed descriptor buffer. The data buffer is rapidly processed then freed generally before completion of processing of the descriptor buffer, freeing the processed associated data buffer before the associated descriptor buffer is freed. The association of the processed free data buffer and the descriptor buffer may be ended to enable the more frequent use of the large capacity data buffer for other update requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Adaptec, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander H. Frey, Keith E. Conner