Patents by Inventor Theodore H. Holler

Theodore H. Holler 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).

  • Method and apparatus for data packet integrity checking in a processor
    Patent number: 9152494
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of handling data packets within a processor includes intercepting, by a hardware packet integrity checking module, one or more data fields associated with a current segment of a data packet being forwarded from a first hardware entity operating in a cut-through mode to one or more processing clusters, where at least one data field of the one or more data fields is indicative of an operation associated with the data packet. At the hardware error detection module, integrity of the current segment of the data packet is checked based on the one or more data fields and parameters corresponding to the operation associated with the data packet. At least one data field of the one or more data fields is modified upon detecting an integrity error. The data fields are forwarded to the one or more processing clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Cavium, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Hardesty, Troy S. Dahlmann, Karen A. Szypulski, Jeffrey A. Pangborn, Najeeb I. Ansari, Theodore H. Holler
  • Method and Apparatus for Data Integrity Checking in a Processor
    Publication number: 20140281834
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of handling data packets within a processor includes intercepting, by a hardware packet integrity checking module, one or more data fields associated with a current segment of a data packet being forwarded from a first hardware entity operating in a cut-through mode to one or more processing clusters, where at least one data field of the one or more data fields is indicative of an operation associated with the data packet. At the hardware error detection module, integrity of the current segment of the data packet is checked based on the one or more data fields and parameters corresponding to the operation associated with the data packet. At least one data field of the one or more data fields is modified upon detecting an integrity error. The data fields are forwarded to the one or more processing clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Cavium, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Hardesty, Troy S. Dahlmann, Karen A. Szypulski, Jeffrey A. Pangborn, Najeeb I. Ansari, Theodore H. Holler