Patents by Inventor Steven Paul Woolet

Steven Paul Woolet 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).

  • Delayed-start method for minimizing internal switch congestion
    Patent number: 7911960
    Abstract: A data flow control method and system within a data switch. The data switch includes a plurality of input sections each having an associated input buffer and each transmitting data to an output section. In response to a detection of congestion within the output section, data transmissions from the plurality of input sections to the output section are paused. Input buffer occupancies of each of the input sections are then determined. Thereafter, and in response to a backpressure relief signal, the restart of said data transmission from each of the input sections to the output section is delayed in inverse proportion to each of the determined input buffer occupancies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Metin Aydemir, Marco C. Heddes, Clark Debs Jeffries, Steven Paul Woolet