Patents by Inventor Sitaram Dinakar

Sitaram Dinakar 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: 6359900
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling access of a resource among several users of a resource. A plurality of service queues are established, each service queue handling requests for a predetermined range of the resource. A plurality of time slots are also established, and each service queue has a number of time slots in proportion to the amount of resource handled by that queue. One or more requestors request access to the resource, indicating a desired amount of the resource. Each request is assigned to one of the service queues based on the requested amount of the resource. A reference to the request is inserted in a number of slots associated with the queue to which the requestor was assigned. The references in the slots establish a service order which controls the order and frequency with which a requestor can access the resource. A quota can be established for each requestor to prevent any requestor from using a disproportionate amount of the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Sitaram Dinakar, Krishanu Seal