Patents by Inventor Ryan Taylor Herbst

Ryan Taylor Herbst 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 to offload and accelerate pico code processing running in a storage processor
    Patent number: 7472237
    Abstract: Apparatus and method offloads processing from a networking processor operating in a storage environment. Three main functions are offloaded: semaphore processing, frame order processing, and timer processing. Offloading of semaphore processing enables ordered access to semaphores. Offloading of frame order processing enables the network processor to quickly transmit an incoming frame if the incoming frame is the next one in the frame order. Offloading of timer processing enables background checking of the timer list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Taylor Herbst, James L. Cihla, Rahim Ibrahim, James L. Vuong