Patents by Inventor Steven L. Pope
Steven L. Pope 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).
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Publication number: 20210281499Abstract: A network interface device, said network interface device has a data transmission path configured to receive data for transmission. The data for transmission is to be sent over a network by the network interface device. A monitor is configured to monitor the data transmission path to determine if an underrun condition is associated with the data transmission path. If so, an indication is included in the transmitted data packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.Inventors: Steven L. POPE, David J. RIDDOCH, Derek ROBERTS
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Publication number: 20210255987Abstract: A data processing system and method are provided. A host computing device comprises at least one processor. A network interface device is arranged to couple the host computing device to a network. The network interface device comprises a buffer for receiving data for transmission from the host computing device. The processor is configured to execute instructions to transfer the data for transmission to the buffer. The data processing system further comprises an indicator store configured to store an indication that at least some of the data for transmission has been transferred to the buffer wherein the indication is associated with a descriptor pointing to the buffer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, David J. Riddoch, Dmitri Kitariev
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Patent number: 11093284Abstract: A data processing system has a poll mode driver and a library supporting protocol processing. The poll mode driver and the library are non-operating system functionalities. An application is provided. An operation system is configured while executing in kernel mode and in response to the application being determined to be unresponsive, use a helper process being an operating system functionality executing at user-mode to cause a receive or transmit mode of the application to continue.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, Kieran Mansley, Maciej Aleksander Jablonski
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Patent number: 11044183Abstract: A network interface device, said network interface device has a data transmission path configured to receive data for transmission. The data for transmission is to be sent over a network by the network interface device. A monitor is configured to monitor the data transmission path to determine if an underrun condition is associated with the data transmission path. If so, an indication is included in the transmitted data packet.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, David J. Riddoch, Derek Roberts
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Patent number: 11023411Abstract: A data processing system and method are provided. A host computing device comprises at least one processor. A network interface device is arranged to couple the host computing device to a network. The network interface device comprises a buffer for receiving data for transmission from the host computing device. The processor is configured to execute instructions to transfer the data for transmission to the buffer. The data processing system further comprises an indicator store configured to store an indication that at least some of the data for transmission has been transferred to the buffer wherein the indication is associated with a descriptor pointing to the buffer.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, David J. Riddoch, Dmitri Kitariev
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Patent number: 10999303Abstract: A data analytical engine receives packets from a number of different network interface devices. The data is a replica of part or all of transmit or receive packets processed in the network interface device. A learning algorithm is applied to data from said different network interface devices and it is determined if an alert is to be generated.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, David J. Riddoch, Derek Roberts
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Publication number: 20210034526Abstract: A network interface device comprises a programmable interface configured to provide a device interface with at least one bus between the network interface device and a host device. The programmable interface is programmable to support a plurality of different types of a device interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: SOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, Dmitri Kitariev, David J. Riddoch, Derek Roberts, Neil Turton
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Patent number: 10868893Abstract: A network interface device has in input. The input receives packets in accordance with a protocol and has at least one protocol header. The network interface has hardware which applies an artificial intelligence process to at least one of the protocol headers. This is used to provide an output which may, for example, indicate a risk associated with a packet.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, David J. Riddoch, Derek Roberts
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Publication number: 20200336312Abstract: A network interface device comprises an integrated circuit device comprises at least one processor. A network interface device comprises a memory. The integrated device is configured to execute a function with respect to at least a part of stored data in said memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.Inventors: Steven L. POPE, David J. RIDDOCH, Paul Fox
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Publication number: 20200274827Abstract: Roughly described: a network interface device has an interface. The interface is coupled to first network interface device circuitry, host interface circuitry and host offload circuitry. The host interface circuitry is configured to interface to a host device and has a scheduler configured to schedule providing and/or receiving of data to/from the host device. The interface is configured to allow at least one of: data to be provided to said host interface circuitry from at least one of said first network device interface circuitry and said host offload circuitry; and data to be provided from said host interface circuitry to at least one of said first network interface device circuitry and said host offload circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, Derek Roberts, David J. Riddoch, Dmitri Kitariev
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Publication number: 20200274921Abstract: A network interface device having an FPGA for providing an FPGA application. A first interface between a host computing device and the FPGA application is provided, allowing the FPGA application to make use of data-path operations provided by a transport engine on the network interface device, as well as communicate with the host. The FPGA application sends and receives data with the host via a memory that is memory mapped to a shared memory location in the host computing device, whilst the transport engine sends and receives data packets with the host via a second memory. A second interface is provided to interface the FPGA application and transport engine with the network, wherein the second interface is configured to back-pressure the transport engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, Derek Roberts, David J. Riddoch
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Patent number: 10742782Abstract: A network interface device is provided. The network interface device comprises an input configured to receive a data frame from a network. The network interface device also comprises a timing component configured to store, for the data frame, first timing information and compensation information. The compensation information is specific to the frame. The first timing information and said compensation information representing a time when the data frame was received.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, Derek Roberts, Neil Turton
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Patent number: 10733167Abstract: A system has data capture devices collecting data from different points in a network. The captured data is written to a data store and is directed to an output. The data from the different data capture devices can be delivered to a data analytics device. As long as the data analytics device is able to keep pace with the data that is directed to the output, that data is used by the analytics device. If the analytics device is not able to keep pace, the data written to the data store is retrieved and is used until the analytics device has caught up.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, David J. Riddoch, Matthew Knight
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Patent number: 10721072Abstract: A network interface device comprises an integrated circuit device comprises at least one processor. A network interface device comprises a memory. The integrated device is configured to execute a function with respect to at least a part of stored data in said memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, David J. Riddoch, Paul Fox
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Patent number: 10713392Abstract: A network interface device comprises an integrated circuit device comprises at least one processor. A network interface device comprises a memory. The integrated device is configured to execute a function with respect to at least a part of stored data in said memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, David J. Riddoch, Paul Fox
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Patent number: 10713099Abstract: A data processing system comprising: an operating system providing an application programming interface; an application supported by the operating system and operable to make calls to the application programming interface; an intercept library configured to intercept calls of a predetermined set of call types made by the application to the application programming interface; and a configuration data structure defining at least one action to be performed for each of a plurality of sequences of one or more calls having predefined characteristics, the one or more calls being of the predetermined set of call types; wherein the intercept library is configured to, on intercepting a sequence of one or more calls defined in the configuration data structure, perform the corresponding action(s) defined by the configuration data structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, David J. Riddoch, Kieran Mansley
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Publication number: 20200213364Abstract: A rule engine receives data flows. The data flows are between a network and an application. The rule engine determines data flow information and in dependence on the information performs an action with respect to said flow. A controller provides control information to the rule engine to define one or more actions. The communications between said rule engine and said controller are secure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.Inventors: Steven L. POPE, David J. RIDDOCH, Derek ROBERTS
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Patent number: 10691661Abstract: A system is arranged to receive data which is written to a data store by a writer. A controller is able to read data from the data store. That controller is able to control the rate at which data is read from the data store with respect to the rate at which data is written to the data store. A query function receives a stream of said data substantially in real time and when said stream of data is unavailable in real time, the query function is able to subsequently obtain that unavailable data from said data store.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, David J. Riddoch
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Patent number: 10686872Abstract: A network interface device having an FPGA for providing an FPGA application. A first interface between a host computing device and the FPGA application is provided, allowing the FPGA application to make use of data-path operations provided by a transport engine on the network interface device, as well as communicate with the host. The FPGA application sends and receives data with the host via a memory that is memory mapped to a shared memory location in the host computing device, whilst the transport engine sends and receives data packets with the host via a second memory. A second interface is provided to interface the FPGA application and transport engine with the network, wherein the second interface is configured to back-pressure the transport engine.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, Derek Roberts, David J. Riddoch
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Patent number: 10686731Abstract: Roughly described: a network interface device has an interface. The interface is coupled to first network interface device circuitry, host interface circuitry and host offload circuitry. The host interface circuitry is configured to interface to a host device and has a scheduler configured to schedule providing and/or receiving of data to/from the host device. The interface is configured to allow at least one of: data to be provided to said host interface circuitry from at least one of said first network device interface circuitry and said host offload circuitry; and data to be provided from said host interface circuitry to at least one of said first network interface device circuitry and said host offload circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven L. Pope, Derek Roberts, David J. Riddoch, Dmitri Kitariev