Patents by Inventor ST PHEN R. VAN DOREN

ST PHEN R. VAN DOREN 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).

  • System and method for creating ordering points
    Patent number: 8806147
    Abstract: A system comprises a first node operative to provide a source broadcast requesting data. The first node associates an F-state with a copy of the data in response to receiving the copy of the data from memory and receiving non-data responses from other nodes in the system. The non-data responses include an indication that at least a second node includes a shared copy of the data. The F-state enabling the first node to serve as an ordering point in the system capable of responding to requests from other nodes in the system with a shared copy of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory Edward Tierney, St phen R. Van Doren, Simon C. Steely, Jr.
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING ORDERING POINTS
    Publication number: 20120137080
    Abstract: A system comprises a first node operative to provide a source broadcast requesting data. The first node associates an F-state with a copy of the data in response to receiving the copy of the data from memory and receiving non-data responses from other nodes in the system. The non-data responses include an indication that at least a second node includes a shared copy of the data. The F-state enabling the first node to serve as an ordering point in the system capable of responding to requests from other nodes in the system with a shared copy of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: GREGORY EDWARD TIERNEY, ST PHEN R. VAN DOREN, SIMON C. STEELY, JR.