Patents by Inventor Roger C. Jestes, Jr.

Roger C. Jestes, Jr. 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).

  • APPARATUS FOR QUEUE MANAGEMENT OF A GLOBAL LINK CONTROL BYTE IN AN INPUT/OUTPUT SUBSYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080298381
    Abstract: Apparatus for communicating global link control words (LCW) between chips. A queue stores LCWs and has an input for receiving an LCW from a previous chip, and an output for outputting a stored LCW to a subsequent chip. A management circuit compares an incoming LCW with a previously stored LCW, and a combiner circuit combines the incoming LCW with a previously stored LCW and stores the combined LCW in the queue when the management circuit determines that the incoming LCW can be combined with the previously stored LCW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Roger C. Jestes, JR.
  • Queue management of a global link control byte in an input/output subsystem
    Patent number: 7440468
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for communicating global link control words (LCW) between chips. A queue stores LCWs and has in input for receiving an LCW from a previous chip, and an output for outputting a stored LCW to a subsequent chip. A management circuit compares an incoming LCW with a previously stored LCW, and a combiner circuit combines the incoming LCW with a previously stored LCW and stores the combined LCW in the queue when the management circuit determines that the incoming LCW can be combined with the previously stored LCW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Roger C. Jestes, Jr.