Patents by Inventor Ryan E. Shariff

Ryan E. Shariff 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).

  • Method and apparatus for employing a dummy read command to automatically assign a unique memory address to an interface card
    Patent number: 5590374
    Abstract: An interface controller for an addressable interface module. The interface module is for coupling along with other addressable interface modules over a communication bus to a central processor. Each interface module responds to a unique base address, unique to such interface module provided by the central processor on the communication bus, responsive either to a read command for reading data from such interface module to the communication bus or to a write command for writing data from the communication bus to such interface module. A stored configuration base address is provided in the interface controller for use in determining the unique address for which the corresponding interface module is to respond. A decoder in the interface controller decodes the base address including a modified configuration address for use by the corresponding interface module in determining the unique address for response by the corresponding interface module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Ryan E. Shariff, Gerald Moseley, Jack J. Chen, Wen-Feng Chang, Fazal Abbas