Patents by Inventor Scott Nam

Scott Nam 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).

  • Interprocess resource-based dynamic scheduling system and method
    Patent number: 8539498
    Abstract: A method and system for scheduling tasks in a processing system. In one embodiment, the method comprises processing tasks from a primary work queue, wherein the tasks consume resources that are operable to be released. Whenever the volume of resources that have been consumed exceeds a threshold, the processor executes tasks from a secondary work queue for a period of time. The secondary work queue is comprised of tasks from the primary work queue that can release the resources; the secondary work queue can be sorted according to the volume of resources that can be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Subash Bohra, Scott Nam
  • Facilitating management of layer 2 hardware address table based on packet priority information
    Patent number: 8195832
    Abstract: A network switching device comprises hardware address table storage space, a priority comparison mechanism, and an address table management mechanism. The hardware address table storage space having a number of entries therein. Each one of the entries within the hardware address table storage space includes respective information designating a priority of a respective source network address. The priority comparison mechanism is configured for comparing the priority designating information of the received packet with the priority designating information of at least a portion of the entries within the hardware address table storage space in response to determining that a number of entries within the hardware address table storage space is equal to a capacity of the hardware address table storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Scott Nam
  • Facilitating management of layer 2 hardware address table based on packet priority information
    Publication number: 20090158006
    Abstract: A network switching device comprises hardware address table storage space, a priority comparison mechanism, and an address table management mechanism. The hardware address table storage space having a number of entries therein. Each one of the entries within the hardware address table storage space includes respective information designating a priority of a respective source network address. The priority comparison mechanism is configured for comparing the priority designating information of the received packet with the priority designating information of at least a portion of the entries within the hardware address table storage space in response to determining that a number of entries within the hardware address table storage space is equal to a capacity of the hardware address table storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: Scott Nam
  • Interprocess Resource-Based Dynamic Scheduling System and Method
    Publication number: 20080288949
    Abstract: A method and system for scheduling tasks in a processing system. In one embodiment, the method comprises processing tasks from a primary work queue, wherein the tasks consume resources that are operable to be released. Whenever the volume of resources that have been consumed exceeds a threshold, the processor executes tasks from a secondary work queue for a period of time. The secondary work queue is comprised of tasks from the primary work queue that can release the resources; the secondary work queue can be sorted according to the volume of resources that can be released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Subash Bohra, Scott Nam