Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Dubois

Thomas F. Dubois 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 system for simultaneous management of multiple tokens on a communication ring
    Patent number: 7099922
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and computer readable medium for simultaneous communication over a bus in a master/slave agent network topology. Each communication agent on the network is either a master agent or slave agent with an input and an output. In one embodiment, the input and the output are latches. The method permits the number of tokens on the ring to be equal to up to one less than the total number of agents on the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk D. Pospesel, Thomas F. Dubois, Dean A. Liberty
  • Method and system for simultaneous management of multiple tokens on a communication ring
    Publication number: 20030140109
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and computer readable medium for simultaneous communication over a bus in a master/slave agent network topology. Each communication agent on the network is either a master agent or slave agent with an input and an output. In one embodiment, the input and the output are latches. The method permits the number of tokens on the ring to be equal to up to one less than the total number of agents on the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirk D. Pospesel, Thomas F. Dubois, Dean A. Liberty