Patents by Inventor Michele A. Jordan

Michele A. Jordan 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).

  • Deterministic method for allocation of a shared resource
    Patent number: 5293486
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fairly allocating a shared resource among N operating devices of a computer system. The resource allocation is implemented by operating the shared resource to process data for each of the N operating devices in a round robin manner, through a series of time slots. The shared resource processes up to a fixed maximum amount of data during each time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Michele A. Jordan, Diarmiud J. Donnelly