Patents by Inventor Timothy Stremcha

Timothy Stremcha 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).

  • Age-based network arbitration system and method
    Patent number: 6674720
    Abstract: In a multiprocessor system having a plurality of nodes connected to a network, wherein communication between the plurality of nodes is in the form of packets, a system and method of aging packets. A packet having an age value is built and transmitted through the network. The age value is increased at predetermined intervals, wherein increasing includes determining a current age of the packet and changing the interval as a function of the current age. A method of avoiding livelock and a method of preaging response packets is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal S. Passint, Gregory M. Thorson, Timothy Stremcha