Patents by Inventor Peter K. Szwed

Peter K. Szwed 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).

  • Two stage register for capturing asynchronous events and subsequently providing them to a processor without loss or duplication of the captured events
    Patent number: 5450602
    Abstract: An improved event catching read and reset register system responsive to event data signals from a data source and register select and register read and reset signals from a reading processor is provided. The system includes a generator for generating first and second control signals from the register select and register read signals. The read and reset register or registers simultaneously capture the event data and read out and reset the register in response to these control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Peter K. Szwed
  • Multiple computer system with combiner/memory interconnection system employing separate direct access link for transferring information packets
    Patent number: 5363484
    Abstract: A combiner/memory system interconnects a plurality of computer systems using for example the new HIPPI standard link. The combiner system includes it's own internal storage for rapid shared access to all connected computer systems. The combiner/memory system includes a smart switch for reading header information, arbitrating messsages and connecting computers to each other or to the internal shared storage. The system also includes a mechanism for synchronization of cooperating processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine M. Desnoyers, Derrick L. Garmire, Sheryl M. Genco, Donald G. Grice, William R. Milani, Michael P. Muhlada, Donna C. Myers, Peter K. Szwed, Vadim M. Tsinker, Antoinette E. Vallone, Carl A. Bender