Patents by Inventor Thomas Kavanagh

Thomas Kavanagh 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).

  • System and method of memory management for providing data storage across a reboot
    Patent number: 6854054
    Abstract: A memory management system, method and computer readable medium for use in a circuit pack or circuit card such as in a node in an optical network are described. The memory management system includes memory that provides persistent storage over a reboot and a memory manager for directly controlling access to the reboot persistent memory. The memory manager processes requests received from one or more applications executing on the circuit card for storage of a set of data. The request indicates during which type of reboot, cold or warm, the data is to be received and may also indicate a particular state during a reboot in which the data is to be received. The manager responds to a reboot of the circuit card by providing a set of data from the reboot persistent memory to the application during the reboot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Kavanagh