Patents by Inventor Maria J. Frederic

Maria J. Frederic 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).

  • Configurable network socket aggregation to enable segmentation offload
    Patent number: 8472469
    Abstract: A network device can implement configurable socket aggregation to enable segmentation offload in the network device. In one embodiment, it is determined, at the network device, to create a network socket for an application of the network device to initiate a network connection for the application. Socket aggregation parameters are determined for the network socket associated with the application. The network socket is defined based, at least in part, on the socket aggregation parameters. A plurality of packets received from the application associated with the network socket are aggregated. It is determined, based on said aggregating the plurality of packets, whether at least one aggregation limit associated with the socket aggregation parameters is reached. An aggregate packet is provided to a network adapter of the network device to perform segmentation offload in response to said determining that at least one aggregation limit associated with the socket aggregation parameters is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maria J. Frederic, Nikhil Hegde, Sivakumar Krishnasamy, Vishal R Mansur
  • CONFIGURABLE NETWORK SOCKET AGGREGATION TO ENABLE SEGMENTATION OFFLOAD
    Publication number: 20120063449
    Abstract: A network device can implement configurable socket aggregation to enable segmentation offload in the network device. In one embodiment, it is determined, at the network device, to create a network socket for an application of the network device to initiate a network connection for the application. Socket aggregation parameters are determined for the network socket associated with the application. The network socket is defined based, at least in part, on the socket aggregation parameters. A plurality of packets received from the application associated with the network socket are aggregated. It is determined, based on said aggregating the plurality of packets, whether at least one aggregation limit associated with the socket aggregation parameters is reached. An aggregate packet is provided to a network adapter of the network device to perform segmentation offload in response to said determining that at least one aggregation limit associated with the socket aggregation parameters is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maria J. Frederic, Nikhil Hegde, Sivakumar Krishnasamy, Vishal R. Mansur