Patents by Inventor Steve Sistare

Steve Sistare 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).

  • Efficient connection and memory management for message passing on a single SMP or a cluster of SMPs
    Patent number: 6886031
    Abstract: A method for efficient connection establishment and use for message passing on a single symmetric multiprocessor node or on a cluster of symmetric multiprocessor nodes is provided. Further, a method of memory management for message passing on a single symmetric multiprocessor node or on a cluster of symmetric multiprocessor nodes is provided. The invention utilizes dynamic memory allocation for both memory needed for messages and acknowledgment memory segments. Moreover, a method for reclaiming memory used to send a message or piece thereof is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Narayan Venkatsubramanian, Terry D. Dontje, Steve Sistare
  • Efficient connection and memory management for message passing on a single SMP or a cluster of SMPs
    Publication number: 20020147785
    Abstract: A method for efficient connection establishment and use for message passing on a single symmetric multiprocessor node or on a cluster of symmetric multiprocessor nodes is provided. Further, a method of memory management for message passing on a single symmetric multiprocessor node or on a cluster of symmetric multiprocessor nodes is provided. The invention utilizes dynamic memory allocation for both memory needed for messages and acknowledgment memory segments. Moreover, a method for reclaiming memory used to send a message or piece thereof is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Narayan Venkatsubramanian, Terry D. Dontje, Steve Sistare