Patents by Inventor Kevin Fatheree

Kevin Fatheree 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).

  • High speed bus with flow control and extended burst enhancements
    Patent number: 7724669
    Abstract: In a networked system, in which high speed busses interconnect sources and destinations of data, systems for and methods of flow control and extended burst transfers are described. The present invention is directed to a system for selectively varying the number of burst transfers used to transmit a block of data. The present invention is also directed to a method of selectively varying the number of burst transfers needed to transmit a block of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Extreme Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik R. Swenson, Sid Khattar, Kevin Fatheree, Dwayne Hunnicutt, Stephen R. Haddock
  • HIGH SPEED BUS WITH FLOW CONTROL AND EXTENDED BURST ENHANCEMENTS
    Publication number: 20070274218
    Abstract: In a networked system, in which high speed busses interconnect sources and destinations of data, systems for and methods of flow control and extended burst transfers are described. The present invention is directed to a system for selectively varying the number of burst transfers used to transmit a block of data. The present invention is also directed to a method of selectively varying the number of burst transfers needed to transmit a block of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: ERIK SWENSON, Sid Khattar, Kevin Fatheree, Dwayne Hunnicutt, Stephen Haddock
  • High speed bus with flow control and extended burst enhancements between sender and receiver wherein counter is maintained at sender for free buffer space available
    Patent number: 7272672
    Abstract: In a networked system in which high speed busses interconnect sources and destinations of data, systems for and methods of flow control and extended burst transfers are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Extreme Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik R. Swenson, Sid Khattar, Kevin Fatheree, Dwayne Hunnicutt, Stephen R. Haddock