Patents by Inventor Pamela M. Cook

Pamela M. Cook 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).

  • Supporting interleaved read/write operations from/to multiple target devices
    Patent number: 8386727
    Abstract: Bus transactions in a computer network are improved by utilizing a multicast transaction from a single initiator to multiple targets. The multiple targets simultaneously execute the transaction and provide a return transaction to the initiator. The transaction cycle time is reduced as individual request to each target is replace with a single request to a collective target group, addressable by a single base memory address. Interleaved read or write operation is provided to allow the multiple targets of a particular target group to independently execute a portion of the transaction request. Improved bus performance is achieve by utilizing the higher throughput capacity of the system bus providing a higher number of shorter data segments from each target executing its portion of the larger transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sompong Paul Olarig, Pamela M. Cook
  • Supporting interleaved read/write operations from/to multiple target devices
    Publication number: 20030126343
    Abstract: Bus transactions in a computer network are improved by utilizing a multicast transaction from a single initiator to multiple targets. The multiple targets simultaneously execute the transaction and provide a return transaction to the initiator. The transaction cycle time is reduced as individual request to each target is replace with a single request to a collective target group, addressable by a single base memory address. Interleaved read or write operation is provided to allow the multiple targets of a particular target group to independently execute a portion of the transaction request. Improved bus performance is achieve by utilizing the higher throughput capacity of the system bus providing a higher number of shorter data segments from each target executing its portion of the larger transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Sompong Paul Olarig, Pamela M. Cook
  • Removal and insertion of expansion cards in a computer system
    Patent number: 6101322
    Abstract: A method for powering up a removable circuit card when it is inserted into a card slot of a computer system includes providing power and a clock signal to the circuit card. A communication link is electrically coupled to the circuit card after both the power and the clock signal are provided to the circuit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Alan L. Goodrum, Paul R. Culley, Raymond Y. L. Chow, Barry S. Basile, Richard O. Waldorf, Pamela M. Cook, Clarence Y. Mar
  • System for forming an intelligent I/O (I.sub.2 O)-aware device by connecting both a peripheral control connector having an I/O processor mounted and non-I.sub.2 O device to same bus
    Patent number: 6052749
    Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, converts a conventional computer peripheral device, such as an I/O (input/output) subsystem into an I.sub.2 O-aware device. An IOP mounted upon a connector card is connected to a computer bus to which the conventional computer peripheral device is connected. Once connected, the IOP, together with the conventional computer peripheral device form an I.sub.2 O-aware device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Brian T. Purcell, Pamela M. Cook, William F. Whiteman