Patents by Inventor Paul DiNicola

Paul DiNicola 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).

  • Speculative method and system for rapid data communications
    Patent number: 7552232
    Abstract: A system and method that utilizes a dedicated transmission queue to enable expedited transmission of data messages to adaptive “nearest neighbor” nodes within a cluster. Packet descriptors are pre-fetched by the communications adapter hardware during the transmission of the preceding data element and setup for the next transmission is performed in parallel with the transmission of the preceding data element. Data elements of a fixed length that is equal to the cache line size of the communication hardware can optionally be used to provide optimized transfer between computer memory and communications hardware. The data receiving processing can also be optimized to recognize and handle cache line size data elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard W. Helmer, Jr., Patricia E. Heywood, Paul DiNicola, Steven J. Martin, Gregory Salyer, Carol L. Soto
  • LOCALLY PROVIDING GLOBALLY CONSISTENT INFORMATION TO COMMUNICATIONS LAYERS
    Publication number: 20080086737
    Abstract: Globally consistent information is locally provided to communications layers. Globally consistent information is stored in a Network Availability Matrix, which is locally accessible by a communications layer. If an event is detected, the communications layer is automatically notified by the Network Availability Matrix, and is able to use the information in the Network Availability Matrix to quickly take action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Myung Bae, Paul DiNicola, Chulho Kim, Rajeev Sivaram
  • LOCALLY PROVIDING GLOBALLY CONSISTENT INFORMATION TO COMMUNICATIONS LAYERS
    Publication number: 20070294709
    Abstract: Globally consistent information is locally provided to communications layers. Globally consistent information is stored in a Network Availability Matrix, which is locally accessible by a communications layer. If an event is detected, the communications layer is automatically notified by the Network Availability Matrix, and is able to use the information in the Network Availability Matrix to quickly take action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Myung Bae, Paul DiNicola, Chulho Kim, Rajeev Sivaram
  • Speculative method and system for rapid data communications
    Publication number: 20050091390
    Abstract: A system and method that utilizes a dedicated transmission queue to enable expedited transmission of data messages to adaptive “nearest neighbor” nodes within a cluster. Packet descriptors are pre-fetched by the communications adapter hardware during the transmission of the preceding data element and setup for the next transmission is performed in parallel with the transmission of the preceding data element. Data elements of a fixed length that is equal to the cache line size of the communication hardware can optionally be used to provide optimized transfer between computer memory and communications hardware. The data receiving processing can also be optimized to recognize and handle cache line size data elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leonard Helmer, Patricia Heywood, Paul Dinicola, Steven Martin, Gregory Salyer, Carol Soto