Patents by Inventor Tracey Gustafson

Tracey Gustafson 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 using port task scheduler
    Patent number: 7984208
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a port having a plurality of lanes, a plurality of protocol engines. Each protocol engine is associated with one of the plurality of lanes, and processes tasks to be forwarded to a plurality of remote nodes. The apparatus also includes a first port task scheduler (PTS) to manage the tasks to be forwarded to the one or more of the plurality of protocol engines. The first PTS includes a register to indicate which of the plurality of protocol engines the first PTS is to support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tracey Gustafson, Pak-lung Seto, Gary Y. Tsao, Nai-Chih Chang, Victor Lau
  • Hardware port scheduler (PTS) having register to indicate which of plurality of protocol engines PTS is to support
    Patent number: 7451255
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a port having a plurality of lanes, a plurality of protocol engines. Each protocol engine is associated with one of the plurality of lanes, and processes tasks to be forwarded to a plurality of remote nodes. The apparatus also includes a first port task scheduler (PTS) to manage the tasks to be forwarded to the one or more of the plurality of protocol engines. The first PTS includes a register to indicate which of the plurality of protocol engines the first PTS is to support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tracey Gustafson, Pak-lung Seto, Gary Y. Tsao, Nai-Chih Chang, Victor Lau
  • Hardware port scheduler
    Publication number: 20070088895
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a port having a plurality of lanes, a plurality of protocol engines. Each protocol engine is associated with one of the plurality of lanes, and processes tasks to be forwarded to a plurality of remote nodes. The apparatus also includes a first port task scheduler (PTS) to manage the tasks to be forwarded to the one or more of the plurality of protocol engines. The first PTS includes a register to indicate which of the plurality of protocol engines the first PTS is to support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Tracey Gustafson, Pak-lung Seto, Gary Tsao, Nai-Chih Chang, Victor Lau