Patents by Inventor Terry E. Newell

Terry E. Newell 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).

  • High availability computing system
    Patent number: 6594735
    Abstract: A high availability computing system having multiple processing elements capable of simultaneous execution of multiple software programs and seamless software upgrades is disclosed. The system comprises multiple processing elements, each processing element capable of accessing memory at processing element memory addresses; and multiple memory modules each having a plurality of alterable memory units, each memory unit identified by a system memory address within a defined address space. The system further includes a memory element interface in communication with each of the memory elements permitting alteration of the defined address space for the memory element. An address mapper is interconnected between each of the processing elements and at least one of the memory elements. The address mapper is capable of mapping a processing element memory address to a global memory address within a defined address space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Brian Baker, Terry E. Newell, Bing L. Wong
  • High availability asynchronous computer system
    Patent number: 6366985
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving status information from shared logical memory modules in a computer system including redundant memory. The status information includes whether the shared logical memory modules are in a transitional state and the number of logical memory modules in the mirror set. When shared logical memory modules are added or removed from redundant memory they go through a transitional state when the memory card may respond to a request for data held on the card, but that data may be unreliable. Checking this status information allows better error checking of data and fault detection of the shared logical memory module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Ruth Beyerlein, Brian N. Baker, Terry E. Newell
  • High availability asynchronous computer system
    Patent number: 6185662
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving status information from shared logical memory modules in a computer system including redundant memory. The status information includes whether the shared logical memory modules are in a transitional state and the number of logical memory modules in the mirror set. When shared logical memory modules are added or removed from redundant memory they go through a transitional state when the memory card may respond to a request for data held on the card, but that data may be unreliable. Checking this status information allows better error checking of data and fault detection of the shared logical memory module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Ruth Beyerlein, Brian N. Baker, Terry E. Newell