Patents by Inventor Mark Podlipec

Mark Podlipec 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).

  • Credit-based method and apparatus for controlling data communications
    Publication number: 20060050639
    Abstract: A credit-based method and apparatus are provided for controlling data communications between a sender and a receiver coupled by a link. A pipe-cleaning operation resets credits to a known value thereby compensating for errors in the link. Embodiments provide separate links for returning credits and returning pipe-cleaning responses. Further embodiments include a queue split for credit-based management and local management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: David Stuart, Bradley Venables, Mark Podlipec
  • Method and apparatus for flexible egress traffic queuing
    Patent number: 6707824
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for enabling flexible egress traffic queuing. A queue selection word is generated and a data queue is monitored for data. An output mask word is generated associating the data queue to an output channel and a priority value if the data queue contains data. The output channel is processed according to the queue selection word and the output mask word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Heather Achilles, Paul Gallo, Mark Podlipec, Peter Pothier