Patents by Inventor Patrick McGoey

Patrick McGoey 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).

  • Data corruption avoidance on a backplane bus adapted to receive bus controller cards of different types
    Patent number: 7043586
    Abstract: A backplane having a bus is adapted to receive two bus controller cards of the same model. One of the bus controller cards becomes a master card and the other becomes a servant card. Each of the bus controller cards has a bank of switches that may be set to compatible positions. The positions of the switches on the two bus controller cards are compared, and the servant card is disconnected if its switches are not set to positions compatible with those of the master card. The backplane also may be adapted to receive different models of bus controller cards. Where two different models of bus controller cards are present on the backplane at the same time, one of the cards is not connected to the bus in order to prevent corruption or loss of data traveling over the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Benson, Patrick McGoey
  • Data corruption avoidance on a backplane bus adapted to receive bus controller cards of different types
    Publication number: 20040117526
    Abstract: A backplane having a bus is adapted to receive two bus controller cards of the same model. One of the bus controller cards becomes a master card and the other becomes a servant card. Each of the bus controller cards has a bank of switches that may be set to compatible positions. The positions of the switches on the two bus controller cards are compared, and the servant card is disconnected if its switches are not set to positions compatible with those of the master card. The backplane also may be adapted to receive different models of bus controller cards. Where two different models of bus controller cards are present on the backplane at the same time, one of the cards is not connected to the bus in order to prevent corruption or loss of data traveling over the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Benson, Patrick McGoey
  • Data corruption avoidance on a backplane bus adapted to receive bus controller cards of different types
    Patent number: 6668294
    Abstract: A backplane having a bus is adapted to receive two bus controller cards of the same model. One of the bus controller cards becomes a master card and the other becomes a servant card. Each of the bus controller cards has a bank of switches that may be set to compatible positions. The positions of the switches on the two bus controller cards are compared, and the servant card is disconnected if its switches are not set to positions compatible with those of the master card. The backplane also may be adapted to receive different models of bus controller cards. Where two different models of bus controller cards are present on the backplane at the same time, one of the cards is not connected to the bus in order to prevent corruption or loss of data traveling over the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Anthony J Benson, Patrick McGoey