Patents by Inventor Maulin I. Patel

Maulin I. Patel 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).

  • Patent number: 6282674
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for remote retrieval of an integrated-circuit state according to the present invention uses a remote input/output (“RIO”) processor with a test circuit interface, which in the preferred embodiment is the TAP 118. The test circuit interface is for electrically-coupling to an integrated circuit having a test circuit with at least one register for storing a state-information with respect to the integrated circuit. The RIO processor executes a program that instructs the RIO processor to retrieve the state-information in response to a request command. The retrieved state information is transmitted for analysis at a location remote from the computer system using a data-and-instruction communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jayesh M. Patel, Maulin I. Patel
  • Patent number: 6101544
    Abstract: A data processing system and method for sharing a component of the data processing system between multiple resources are disclosed. According to the method, at least one query is transmitted from a first resource to a second resource. In response to receipt of the query by the second resource, a reply is transmitted from the second resource to the first resource. The reply indicates that the second resource has an active communication session through a particular communication port controlled by the shared component. In response to receipt of the reply by the first resource, a transfer command is transmitted from the first resource to the second resource. In response to receipt of the transfer command by the second resource, control of the component is transferred from the second resource to the first resource while maintaining the active communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Eldred Beebe, John C. Kennel, Michael Y. Lim, Chet Mehta, Maulin I. Patel