Patents by Inventor Patrick B. Nugent

Patrick B. Nugent 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).

  • Detecting An Unreliable Link In A Computer System
    Publication number: 20110246833
    Abstract: One embodiment of a system for analyzing reliability of a communication link comprises a link control component that controls the communication link, where the link control component couples to a processor and a diagnostic component. The diagnostic component is configured to determine whether transmission errors have occurred on the communication link exceeding or matching a first programmable threshold over a range of multiple periods of time that exceeds or matches a second programmable threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: John W. Bockhaus, Patrick B. Nugent, Valentin Anders, Pavel Vasek