Patents by Inventor Michael Francis Speer

Michael Francis Speer 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).

  • Multiple message send routine for network packets
    Patent number: 7568013
    Abstract: A method for sending a plurality of messages to a plurality of recipients including obtaining the plurality of messages for the plurality of recipients, grouping the plurality of messages into a data structure, generating a system call from a user-level application to a kernel, wherein the system call includes a reference to the data structure, and for each message in the plurality of messages in the data structure: extracting a selected message from the plurality of messages in the data structure using the reference to the data structure, and sending the selected message to one of the plurality of recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Kishorchandra Mehta, Cahya Adiansyah Masputra, Michael Francis Speer