Patents by Inventor Michael Ruettger

Michael Ruettger 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).

  • Compression/decompression accelerator protocol for software/hardware integration
    Patent number: 9176977
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing a data stream interface for offloading the inflation/deflation processing of data to a stateless compression accelerator. An aspect includes transmitting a request to inflate or deflate a data stream to a compression accelerator. The request may include references to an input buffer for storing input data from the data stream, an output buffer for storing processed input data, and a state data control block for storing a stream state. The stream state is provided to the compression accelerator to continue processing the data stream responsive to the request being a subsequent request. The compression accelerator is instructed to store a current stream state in the state data control block responsive to the request being a non-final request. Accordingly, the current stream state is received from the compression accelerator responsive to the request being a non-final request. The processed input data is received from the compression accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hartmut Droege, Thomas Fuchs, Frank Haverkamp, Reiner Rieke, Michael Ruettger, Anthony T. Sofia, Joerg-Stephan Vogt, Gunnar von Boehn, Peter B. Yocom
  • Compression/decompression accelerator protocol for software/hardware integration
    Patent number: 9171007
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing a data stream interface for offloading the inflation/deflation processing of data to a stateless compression accelerator. An aspect includes transmitting a request to inflate or deflate a data stream to a compression accelerator. The request may include references to an input buffer for storing input data from the data stream, an output buffer for storing processed input data, and a state data control block for storing a stream state. The stream state is provided to the compression accelerator to continue processing the data stream responsive to the request being a subsequent request. The compression accelerator is instructed to store a current stream state in the state data control block responsive to the request being a non-final request. Accordingly, the current stream state is received from the compression accelerator responsive to the request being a non-final request. The processed input data is received from the compression accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hartmut Droege, Thomas Fuchs, Frank Haverkamp, Reiner Rieke, Michael Ruettger, Anthony T. Sofia, Joerg-Stephan Vogt, Gunnar von Boehn, Peter B. Yocom
  • COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION ACCELERATOR PROTOCOL FOR SOFTWARE/HARDWARE INTEGRATION
    Publication number: 20150058495
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing a data stream interface for offloading the inflation/deflation processing of data to a stateless compression accelerator. An aspect includes transmitting a request to inflate or deflate a data stream to a compression accelerator. The request may include references to an input buffer for storing input data from the data stream, an output buffer for storing processed input data, and a state data control block for storing a stream state. The stream state is provided to the compression accelerator to continue processing the data stream responsive to the request being a subsequent request. The compression accelerator is instructed to store a current stream state in the state data control block responsive to the request being a non-final request. Accordingly, the current stream state is received from the compression accelerator responsive to the request being a non-final request. The processed input data is received from the compression accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hartmut Droege, Thomas Fuchs, Frank Haverkamp, Reiner Rieke, Michael Ruettger, Anthony T. Sofia, Joerg-Stephan Vogt, Gunnar von Boehn, Peter B. Yocom
  • COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION ACCELERATOR PROTOCOL FOR SOFTWARE/HARDWARE INTEGRATION
    Publication number: 20140279969
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing a data stream interface for offloading the inflation/deflation processing of data to a stateless compression accelerator. An aspect includes transmitting a request to inflate or deflate a data stream to a compression accelerator. The request may include references to an input buffer for storing input data from the data stream, an output buffer for storing processed input data, and a state data control block for storing a stream state. The stream state is provided to the compression accelerator to continue processing the data stream responsive to the request being a subsequent request. The compression accelerator is instructed to store a current stream state in the state data control block responsive to the request being a non-final request. Accordingly, the current stream state is received from the compression accelerator responsive to the request being a non-final request. The processed input data is received from the compression accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Hartmut Droege, Thomas Fuchs, Frank Haverkamp, Reiner Rieke, Michael Ruettger, Anthony T. Sofia, Joerg-Stephan Vogt, Gunnar von Boehn, Peter B. Yocom