Patents by Inventor Thomas George Britton

Thomas George Britton 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, system, and program for determining a number of device addresses supported by a target device and configuring device addresses used by a source device to communicate with the target device
    Patent number: 7072994
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for configuring device addresses used by a source device to communicate with at least one target device. A determination is made of a number of device addresses supported by a target device and an identifier of the source device. The determined identifier and the number of device addresses supported by the target device are used to determine device addresses from the device addresses supported by the target device to communicate with the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas George Britton
  • Method, system, and program for configuring a source device to communicate with at least one target device
    Publication number: 20030177266
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for configuring device addresses used by a source device to communicate with at least one target device. A determination is made of a number of device addresses supported by a target device and an identifier of the source device. The determined identifier and the number of device addresses supported by the target device are used to determine device addresses from the device addresses supported by the target device to communicate with the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas George Britton