Patents by Inventor Volker Ewald Goller

Volker Ewald Goller 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).

  • Processor with hardware solution for priority inversion
    Patent number: 8479201
    Abstract: A method for preventing priority inversion in a processor system having an operating system operable in a plurality of contexts is provided. The method comprises: providing a plurality of context control registers with each context control register being associated with a corresponding one context for controlling execution of the context; providing a plurality of sets of hardware registers, each set corresponding to one context of the plurality of contexts; and utilizing the plurality of context control registers and said plurality of sets of hardware registers to prevent priority inversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Innovasic, Inc.
    Inventors: Volker Ewald Goller, Andrew David Alsup
  • Processor with hardware solution for priority inversion
    Publication number: 20080072227
    Abstract: A method for preventing priority inversion in a processor system having an operating system operable in a plurality of contexts is provided. The method comprises: providing a plurality of context control registers with each context control register being associated with a corresponding one context for controlling execution of the context; providing a plurality of sets of hardware registers, each set corresponding to one context of the plurality of contexts; and utilizing the plurality of context control registers and said plurality of sets of hardware registers to prevent priority inversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: INNOVASIC, INC.
    Inventors: Volker Ewald Goller, Andrew David Alsup