Patents by Inventor Thomas Court

Thomas Court 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).

  • Publication number: 20220353199
    Abstract: Data-driven intelligent networking systems and methods are provided. The system can accommodate dynamic traffic while applying injection limits to different traffic classes at an ingress edge port. The system can maintain state information of individual packet flows, which can be set up or released dynamically based on injected data. Each flow can be provided with a flow-specific input queue upon arriving at a switch. Packets of a respective flow can be acknowledged after reaching the egress point of the network, and the acknowledgement packets can be sent back to the ingress point of the flow along the same data path. Furthermore, an edge switch can dynamically allocate the ingress port bandwidth among the traffic classes that are active at a given moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: David Charles Hewson, Abdulla Bataineh, Thomas Court, Jonathan P. Beecroft
  • Publication number: 20220231962
    Abstract: A network interface controller (NIC) capable of facilitating efficient data request management is provided. The NIC can be equipped with a command queue, a message chopping unit (MCU), and a traffic management logic block. During operation, the command queue can store a command issued via a host interface. The MCU can then determine a type of the command and a length of a response of the command. If the command is a data request, the traffic management logic block can determine whether the length of the response is within a threshold. If the length exceeds the threshold, the traffic management logic block can pace the command such that the response is within the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Abdulla M. Bataineh, Thomas Court, David Charles Hewson, Timothy J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10757022
    Abstract: A system and algorithm configured to generate diversity at the traffic source so that packets are uniformly distributed over all of the available paths, but to increase the likelihood of taking a minimal path with each hop the packet takes. This is achieved by configuring routing biases so as to prefer non-minimal paths at the injection point, but increasingly prefer minimal paths as the packet proceeds, referred to herein as Increasing Minimal Bias (IMB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Abdulla Bataineh, Thomas Court, Duncan Roweth
  • Publication number: 20190196708
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are computing devices, methods, systems, and machine readable mediums that detect touch events on a camera lens of a digital video camera of a computing device. The computing devices monitor the images produced by the digital video camera and detect when a user has placed their finger (and in some examples, another object) onto the camera lens. This action is registered as a touch event. The detected touch events may be simple events, such as a press event (e.g., the user puts their finger on the lens where the camera lens is treated as a “virtual” button), or more advanced events, such as gestures. Example gestures include scrolling, pinching, zooming, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Giovanni Donelli, Thomas Court, Matt Ronge
  • Publication number: 20190109790
    Abstract: A system and algorithm configured to generate diversity at the traffic source so that packets are uniformly distributed over all of the available paths, but to increase the likelihood of taking a minimal path with each hop the packet takes. This is achieved by configuring routing biases so as to prefer non-minimal paths at the injection point, but increasingly prefer minimal paths as the packet proceeds, referred to herein as Increasing Minimal Bias (IMB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Abdulla Bataineh, Thomas Court, Duncan Roweth
  • Patent number: 10142235
    Abstract: A system and algorithm configured to generate diversity at the traffic source so that packets are uniformly distributed over all of the available paths, but to increase the likelihood of taking a minimal path with each hop the packet takes. This is achieved by configuring routing biases so as to prefer non-minimal paths at the injection point, but increasingly prefer minimal paths as the packet proceeds, referred to herein as Increasing Minimal Bias (IMB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cray Inc.
    Inventors: Abdulla Bataineh, Thomas Court, Duncan Roweth
  • Publication number: 20170163535
    Abstract: A system and algorithm configured to generate diversity at the traffic source so that packets are uniformly distributed over all of the available paths, but to increase the likelihood of taking a minimal path with each hop the packet takes. This is achieved by configuring routing biases so as to prefer non-minimal paths at the injection point, but increasingly prefer minimal paths as the packet proceeds, referred to herein as Increasing Minimal Bias (IMB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Abdulla Bataineh, Thomas Court, Duncan Roweth
  • Patent number: 9577918
    Abstract: A system and algorithm configured to generate diversity at the traffic source so that packets are uniformly distributed over all of the available paths, but to increase the likelihood of taking a minimal path with each hop the packet takes. This is achieved by configuring routing biases so as to prefer non-minimal paths at the injection point, but increasingly prefer minimal paths as the packet proceeds, referred to herein as Increasing Minimal Bias (IMB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Cray Inc.
    Inventors: Abdulla Bataineh, Thomas Court, Duncan Roweth
  • Patent number: 9555979
    Abstract: A device for transferring electronic components from a first carrier to a second carrier. A first receiving portion positions the first carrier on a support, wherein the electronic components are provided on a side of the first carrier, which faces away from the support. A second receiving portion positions the second carrier. The first receiving portion and the second receiving portion are arranged with respect to each other in such a manner that a gap separates the first carrier from the second carrier. A cap and/or the second receiving portion move from a first position into a second position to make the gap smaller. At least one slide lifts the first carrier, which is applied against the support, away from the support, and to move an electronic component provided on the first carrier, in the direction of the second carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Muehlbauer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Courts, Sigmund Niklas, Gerhard Schiller, Markus Dogariu
  • Publication number: 20140291119
    Abstract: A device for transferring electronic components from a first carrier to a second carrier. A first receiving portion positions the first carrier on a support, wherein the electronic components are provided on a side of the first carrier, which faces away from the support. A second receiving portion positions the second carrier. The first receiving portion and the second receiving portion are arranged with respect to each other in such a manner that a gap separates the first carrier from the second carrier. A cap and/or the second receiving portion move from a first position into a second position to make the gap smaller. At least one slide lifts the first carrier, which is applied against the support, away from the support, and to move an electronic component provided on the first carrier, in the direction of the second carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: MUEHLBAUER AG
    Inventors: Thomas Courts, Sigmund Niklas, Gerhard Schiller, Markus Dogariu
  • Publication number: 20140140341
    Abstract: A system and algorithm configured to generate diversity at the traffic source so that packets are uniformly distributed over all of the available paths, but to increase the likelihood of taking a minimal path with each hop the packet takes. This is achieved by configuring routing biases so as to prefer non-minimal paths at the injection point, but increasingly prefer minimal paths as the packet proceeds, referred to herein as Increasing Minimal Bias (IMB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: CRAY INC.
    Inventors: Abdulla Bataineh, Thomas Court, Duncan Roweth
  • Publication number: 20070277161
    Abstract: An accelerated processor for use in massive data manipulations specific to an application. A workstation has a general purpose processor and a coprocessor connection to which an application specific coprocessor system is connected. The coprocessor system has programming code which is assembled as instructions for the specific application in combination with accelerator environment specific requirements, independently provided but designed to allow non design experts to input application specific code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Martin Herbordt, Thomas Court
  • Patent number: 6813599
    Abstract: A method for efficiently simulating memory structures of a sequential circuit for design verification of the sequential circuit. The method is implemented by an computer system having a processor coupled to a memory via a bus, the memory storing computer readable code which when executed by the processor cause the computer system to perform the steps of the memory structure simulation method. The method includes accessing a netlist description of a sequential circuit, wherein the description is for realizing the sequential circuit in a physical form. Memory elements included within the description are identified. For these memory elements, inputs to the memory elements and outputs from the memory elements are identified. Using this information, the memory elements are grouped into at least one group of functionally related memory elements. Subsequently, the memory elements of the one or more groups are collectively addressed as a group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Court, Abdulla Bataineh, Dennis Kuba
  • Patent number: 5890706
    Abstract: An hydraulic mounting comprises inner and outer rigid members radially spaced apart by an elastomeric member that forms a structural interconnection between the rigid members, a second elastomeric member axially spaced from the first elastomeric member and extending between the rigid members to define a fluid chamber, a rigid separator located within the chamber to divide it into high and low pressure zones, a fluid flow channel for passage of hydraulic fluid between the high and low pressure zones, a flexible member which interconnects between the separator and one of the inner and outer rigid members, and the separator being secured rigidly to the other of the inner and outer rigid members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: BTR Plc
    Inventor: Peter Thomas Court