Patents by Inventor Ronald T. Menner

Ronald T. Menner 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).

  • High performance TCP for systems with infrequent ACK
    Patent number: 7706274
    Abstract: A method for processing data packets in a network communication environment. In response to receiving an acknowledgment (ACK) of a previously sent burst of data packets, the amount of data acknowledged is compared to the amount of data in the burst that was originally sent. If the ACK covers at least a predetermined amount (or more) of the data in the original burst, then a burst size parameter is increased for future communications; however, if the ACK covers less than the predetermined amount of the original burst, then the burst size parameter remains the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: G. Paul Koning, Kirtley C. Gillum, Ronald T. Menner, Andrew C. Ferris