Patents by Inventor Robert J. Toepfer

Robert J. Toepfer 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).

  • Shared flow control credits
    Patent number: 9954792
    Abstract: Traffic control logic is provided to support a plurality of channels on a link. A plurality of reserved credit counters is provided to each identify reserved flow control credits for a corresponding one of the plurality of channels. Further, a shared credit counter is provided to identify shared flow control credits to be shared between two or more of the plurality of virtual channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin B. Theobald, Rupin H. Vakharwala, Robert J. Toepfer, Erik G. Hallnor, Robert P. Adler
  • Incorporating access control functionality into a system on a chip (SoC)
    Patent number: 9805221
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a system on a chip (SoC) that has a first agent with an intellectual property (IP) logic, an interface to a fabric including a target interface, a master interface and a sideband interface, and an access control plug-in unit to handle access control policy for the first agent with respect to incoming and outgoing transactions. This access control plug-in unit can be incorporated into the SoC at integration time and without any modification to the IP logic. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Manoj R. Sastry, Ioannis T. Schoinas, Robert J. Toepfer, Alpa T. Narendra Trivedi, Men Long
  • SHARED FLOW CONTROL CREDITS
    Publication number: 20160182391
    Abstract: Traffic control logic is provided to support a plurality of channels on a link. A plurality of reserved credit counters is provided to each identify reserved flow control credits for a corresponding one of the plurality of channels. Further, a shared credit counter is provided to identify shared flow control credits to be shared between two or more of the plurality of virtual channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin B. Theobald, Rupin H. Vakharwala, Robert J. Toepfer, Erik G. Hallnor, Robert P. Adler
  • INCORPORATING ACCESS CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY INTO A SYSTEM ON A CHIP (SoC)
    Publication number: 20140137231
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a system on a chip (SoC) that has a first agent with an intellectual property (IP) logic, an interface to a fabric including a target interface, a master interface and a sideband interface, and an access control plug-in unit to handle access control policy for the first agent with respect to incoming and outgoing transactions. This access control plug-in unit can be incorporated into the SoC at integration time and without any modification to the IP logic. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Manoj R. Sastry, Ioannis T. Schoinas, Robert J. Toepfer, Alpa T. Narendra Trivedi, Men Long