Patents by Inventor Samuel Edward Watters

Samuel Edward Watters 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).

  • Patent number: 8078907
    Abstract: A cpu-set type multiprocessor system allows a cpu of a cpu-set that has a hardware exception to disable itself and notify the system. The system assigns processes of the cpu-set that include the problem cpu to another cpu-set. The disabling of the problem cpu and transfer of the related processes to another cpu-set allows the system to failsoft so that other cpu-sets the multiprocessor system can continue to run and a recovery of the processes being run on the problem cpu-set occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick John Donlin, Samuel Edward Watters