Patents by Inventor Stephen P. Russell

Stephen P. Russell 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 for establishing priority among selected tasks based on location of tasks and sequence that the tasks were stored whereas task is always stored in location with the lowest available address
    Patent number: 5588134
    Abstract: In a system having a plurality of sources for generating tasks and a plurality of receivers for receiving said tasks wherein a plurality of said tasks for one or more said receivers may be generated at the same time by one or more of said sources, each said receiver having a unique address within said system, an apparatus comprising a storage means for storing said tasks generated by said sources; an address means for generating, in each system cycle, the address of one of said receivers; and priority means connected to said address means and said storage means for establishing priority among the tasks for the receiver whose address is being generated by said address means and for generating a signal indicating which said task has priority, where said priority is established as a function of said selected tasks location in said storage means and the sequence that said selected tasks were stored in said storage means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Amdahl Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Oneto, Stephen P. Russell