Patents by Inventor Mark Jon Kwong

Mark Jon Kwong 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).

  • Method and apparatus for scheduling arbitration among a plurality of service requestors
    Patent number: 11113101
    Abstract: Method and system embodying the method for scheduling arbitration among a plurality of service requestors encompassing: designating among the plurality of service requestors all the service requestors that have an active request; determining whether at least one of the designated service requestors has an un-served status indicator which is set; and when the determining is positive then: selecting one of the at least one designated service requestors in accordance with a pre-determined policy; and clearing the un-served status indicator for the selected service requestor, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Timothy Toshio Nakada, Jason Daniel Zebchuk, Tejas Maheshbhai Bhatt, Mark Jon Kwong
  • Programmable hardware scheduler for digital processing systems
    Patent number: 11061724
    Abstract: Method and system embodying the method for programmable scheduling encompassing: enqueueing at least one command into one of a plurality of queues having a plurality of entries; determining a category of the command at the head entry of each of the plurality of queues; processing each determined non-job category command by a non-job command arbitrator; and processing each determined job category command by a job arbitrator and assignor, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Timothy Toshio Nakada, Jason Daniel Zebchuk, Gregg Alan Bouchard, Tejas Maheshbhai Bhatt, Hong Jik Kim, Ahmed Shahid, Mark Jon Kwong
  • Method and apparatus for load balancing of jobs scheduled for processing
    Patent number: 10713089
    Abstract: Method and system embodying the method for load balancing of scheduled jobs among a plurality of engines encompassing determining a number of cluster credits for each of a plurality of clusters that comprise at least one engine capable of processing a scheduled job; determining a number of engine credits for each of the plurality of engines comprising each of the at least one engine in accordance with a number of jobs assigned to each of the plurality of engines; evaluating the determined number of cluster credits and the determined number of engine credits in accordance with a credit evaluation policy; and assigning the job to one of the plurality of engines in accordance with the evaluation, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Timothy Toshio Nakada, Jason Daniel Zebchuk, Gregg Alan Bouchard, Tejas Maheshbhai Bhatt, Hong Jik Kim, Ahmed Shahid, Mark Jon Kwong
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING ARBITRATION AMONG A PLURALITY OF SERVICE REQUESTORS
    Publication number: 20180349180
    Abstract: Method and system embodying the method for for scheduling arbitration among a plurality of service requestors encompassing: designating among the plurality of service requestors all the service requestors that have an active request; determining whether at least one of the designated service requestors has an un-served status indicator which is set; and when the determining is positive then: selecting one of the at least one designated service requestors in accordance with a pre-determined policy; and clearing the un-served status indicator for the selected service requestor, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Cavium, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Toshio Nakada, Jason Daniel Zebchuk, Tejas Maheshbhai Bhatt, Mark Jon Kwong
  • PROGRAMMABLE HARDWARE SCHEDULER FOR DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180349185
    Abstract: Method and system embodying the method for programmable scheduling encompassing: enqueueing at least one command into one of a plurality of queues having a plurality of entries; determining a category of the command at the head entry of each of the plurality of queues; processing each determined non-job category command by a non-job command arbitrator; and processing each determined job category command by a job arbitrator and assignor, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Cavium, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Toshio Nakada, Jason Daniel Zebchuk, Gregg Alan Bouchard, Tejas Maheshbhai Bhatt, Hong Jik Kim, Ahmed Shahid, Mark Jon Kwong
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOAD BALANCING OF JOBS SCHEDULED FOR PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20180336063
    Abstract: Method and system embodying the method for load balancing of scheduled jobs among a plurality of engines encompassing determining a number of cluster credits for each of a plurality of clusters that comprise at least one engine capable of processing a scheduled job; determining a number of engine credits for each of the plurality of engines comprising each of the at least one engine in accordance with a number of jobs assigned to each of the plurality of engines; evaluating the determined number of cluster credits and the determined number of engine credits in accordance with a credit evaluation policy; and assigning the job to one of the plurality of engines in accordance with the evaluation, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Cavium, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Toshio Nakada, Jason Daniel Zebchuk, Gregg Alan Bouchard, Tejas Maheshbhai Bhatt, Hong Jik Kim, Ahmed Shahid, Mark Jon Kwong