Patents by Inventor Walter R. Hudgins, Jr.

Walter R. Hudgins, Jr. 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).

  • Queuing arrangement for initiating execution of multistage transactions
    Patent number: 4615001
    Abstract: In a data processing or control system, a method and apparatus for scheduling the sequential processing of actions requested by a series of transaction requests where the execution of two or more sequential processing actions is required to honor each request. A single queue is used to store entries corresponding to the transaction requests. A particular entry is not removed from the queue until all the associated processing actions have been completed. An exemplary queue is used for scheduling the processing actions of a series of transaction request entries, each entry requiring the performance of initial processing and final processing. The queue is controlled by three queue indicators such as pointers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventor: Walter R. Hudgins, Jr.