Patents by Inventor William B. Dress

William B. Dress 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).

  • Patent number: 11516143
    Abstract: Operating a computer network uses a routing and control protocol, the computer network having an interconnect fabric including routing and control distribution devices and fabric interface devices, each of the routing and control distribution devices and each of the fabric interface devices having a state machine having an input processing unit having parallel input buffers, an output processing unit having parallel output buffers and an arbiter; operating the state machine based on a set of instructions and a table located at the state machine; transferring data from the input processing unit to the output processing unit; choosing a highest priority currently flit occupied parallel input buffer located in the input processing unit for data transmission on a highest priority currently flit occupied channel; and; interrupting the highest currently flit occupied priority channel when one of the parallel input buffers is detected to contain a superseding even higher priority flit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventor: William B. Dress
  • Publication number: 20210211388
    Abstract: Operating a computer network uses a routing and control protocol, the computer network having an interconnect fabric including routing and control distribution devices and fabric interface devices, each of the routing and control distribution devices and each of the fabric interface devices having a state machine having an input processing unit having parallel input buffers, an output processing unit having parallel output buffers and an arbiter; operating the state machine based on a set of instructions and a table located at the state machine; transferring data from the input processing unit to the output processing unit; choosing a highest priority currently flit occupied parallel input buffer located in the input processing unit for data transmission on a highest priority currently flit occupied channel; and; interrupting the highest currently flit occupied priority channel when one of the parallel input buffers is detected to contain a superseding even higher priority flit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventor: William B. Dress
  • Publication number: 20190372903
    Abstract: A parallel multicast star topology data network includes a plurality of input buffers, a first arbitration mechanism coupled to the plurality of input buffers, a plurality of output buffers coupled to the first arbitration mechanism and a plurality of interconnect exits coupled to the plurality of output buffers. When packet contents of a multicast message are ready for release from the first arbitration mechanism then all of the packet contents are substantially simultaneously released to the plurality of output buffers and then substantially simultaneously to the plurality of interconnect exits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: William B. Dress
  • Publication number: 20190372904
    Abstract: Operating a computer network uses a routing and control protocol, the computer network having an interconnect fabric including routing and control distribution devices and fabric interface devices, each of the routing and control distribution devices and each of the fabric interface devices having a state machine having an input processing unit having parallel input buffers, an output processing unit having parallel output buffers and an arbiter; operating the state machine based on a set of instructions and a table located at the state machine; transferring data from the input processing unit to the output processing unit; choosing a highest priority currently flit occupied parallel input buffer located in the input processing unit for data transmission on a highest priority currently flit occupied channel; and; interrupting the highest currently flit occupied priority channel when one of the parallel input buffers is detected to contain a superseding even higher priority flit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventor: William B. Dress
  • Patent number: 10153925
    Abstract: A multidimensional symbol encoder is coupled to a transmitter. Multidimensional symbols are encoded by concatenating two or more partial symbols, wherein individual intervals of up and down sections of the two or more partial symbols are independently controlled as to duration. A multidimensional symbol decoder is coupled to a receiver. Multidimensional symbols are decoded by measuring duration of individual intervals i) that are independently controlled as to duration and ii) that are up and down sections of two or more concatenated partial symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventor: William B. Dress
  • Publication number: 20170244584
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for time domain signals. An apparatus includes an electrical circuit decoder coupled to a receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventor: William B Dress
  • Publication number: 20170244583
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for time domain signals. An apparatus includes an electrical circuit coupled to a transmitter which conducts a bit stream of electrical, light or other photonic pulses into an apparatus encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventor: William B. Dress
  • Patent number: 9590735
    Abstract: A modular interconnect includes an mn-by-mn fully connected, direct broadcast, point-to-point, all-to-all interconnect fabric, wherein the mn-by-mn fully connected, direct broadcast, point-to-point, all-to-all interconnect fabric is non-blocking and congestion free, and wherein m is an integer?2 and n is an integer?2. Operating the modular interconnect includes distributing each of mn inputs to each and every one of mn outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventor: William B Dress
  • Publication number: 20150037036
    Abstract: A modular interconnect includes an mn-by-mn fully connected, direct broadcast, point-to-point, all-to-all interconnect fabric, wherein the mn-by-mn fully connected, direct broadcast, point-to-point, all-to-all interconnect fabric is non-blocking and congestion free, and wherein m is an integer?2 and n is an integer?2. Operating the modular interconnect includes distributing each of mn inputs to each and every one of mn outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: William B. Dress
  • Publication number: 20150029832
    Abstract: A multidimensional symbol encoder is coupled to a transmitter. Multidimensional symbols are encoded by concatenating two or more partial symbols, wherein individual intervals of up and down sections of the two or more partial symbols are independently controlled as to duration. A multidimensional symbol decoder is coupled to a receiver. Multidimensional symbols are decoded by measuring duration of individual intervals i) that are independently controlled as to duration and ii) that are up and down sections of two or more concatenated partial symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: William B. Dress
  • Patent number: 8909047
    Abstract: A modular interconnect includes an mn-by-mn fully connected, direct broadcast, point-to-point, all-to-all interconnect fabric, wherein the mn-by-mn fully connected, direct broadcast, point-to-point, all-to-all interconnect fabric is non-blocking and congestion free, and wherein m is an integer?2 and n is an integer?2. Operating the modular interconnect includes distributing each of mn inputs to each and every one of mn outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: LightFleet Corporation
    Inventor: William B Dress
  • Publication number: 20140044430
    Abstract: A modular interconnect includes an mn-by-mn fully connected, direct broadcast, point-to-point, all-to-all interconnect fabric, wherein the mn-by-mn fully connected, direct broadcast, point-to-point, all-to-all interconnect fabric is non-blocking and congestion free, and wherein m is an integer ?2 and n is an integer ?2. Operating the modular interconnect includes distributing each of mn inputs to each and every one of mn outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: William B. Dress
  • Patent number: 8229006
    Abstract: Pulse communications using precision timing includes detecting a pulse stream from a pulse code modulated carrier signal; transforming the pulse stream into a reshaped pulse stream; transforming the reshaped pulse stream into a counter gate stream; and recovering a data stream from the counter gate stream. The reshaped pulse stream is transformed into the counter gate stream with a digital circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventors: William B. Dress, Brian Donovan
  • Patent number: 8081876
    Abstract: Methods are described for an optical fan-out and broadcast interconnect. A method includes operating an optical fan-out and broadcast interconnect including: fanning-out an optical signal from an optical signal emitter, of one of a plurality of nodes, with a diverging element of one of a plurality of optics; and broadcasting the optical signal to one of a plurality of receivers of all of the plurality of nodes with a light collecting and focusing element of all of the plurality of optics, wherein the plurality of optics are positioned to define an optics array, the plurality of receivers are positioned to define a receiver array that corresponds to the optics array and the plurality of nodes are positioned to define a node array that substantially corresponds to the receiver array and the optics array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventors: William B. Dress, Brian T. Donovan, James E. Howard
  • Patent number: 7876836
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for pulse communications using precision timing. A method includes digitally pulse coding a data stream; and modulating a carrier signal using the digitally pulse coded data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventors: William B. Dress, Brian Donovan
  • Patent number: 7660338
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for hybrid spread spectrum radio systems. A method, includes receiving a hybrid spread spectrum signal including: fast frequency hopping demodulating and direct sequence demodulating a direct sequence spread spectrum signal, wherein multiple frequency hops occur within a single data-bit time and each bit is represented by chip transmissions at multiple frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen F. Smith, William B. Dress
  • Patent number: 7656931
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for hybrid spread spectrum radio systems. A method includes modulating a signal by utilizing a subset of bits from a pseudo-random code generator to control an amplification circuit that provides a gain to the signal. Another method includes: modulating a signal by utilizing a subset of bits from a pseudo-random code generator to control a fast hopping frequency synthesizer; and fast frequency hopping the signal with the fast hopping frequency synthesizer, wherein multiple frequency hops occur within a single data-bit time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen F. Smith, William B. Dress
  • Publication number: 20100003029
    Abstract: Methods are described for an optical fan-out and broadcast interconnect. A method includes operating an optical fan-out and broadcast interconnect including: fanning-out an optical signal from an optical signal emitter, of one of a plurality of nodes, with a diverging element of one of a plurality of optics; and broadcasting the optical signal to one of a plurality of receivers of all of the plurality of nodes with a light collecting and focusing element of all of the plurality of optics, wherein the plurality of optics are positioned to define an optics array, the plurality of receivers are positioned to define a receiver array that corresponds to the optics array and the plurality of nodes are positioned to define a node array that substantially corresponds to the receiver array and the optics array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: William B. Dress, Brian T. Donovan, James E. Howard
  • Patent number: 7630648
    Abstract: Methods are described for an optical fan-out and broadcast interconnect. A method includes operating an optical fan-out and broadcast interconnect including: fanning-out an optical signal from an optical signal emitter, of one of a plurality of nodes, with a diverging element of one of a plurality of optics; and broadcasting the optical signal to one of a plurality of receivers of all of the plurality of nodes with a light collecting and focusing element of all of the plurality of optics, wherein the plurality of optics are positioned to define an optics array, the plurality of receivers are positioned to define a receiver array that corresponds to the optics array and the plurality of nodes are positioned to define a node array that substantially corresponds to the receiver array and the optics array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Lightfleet Corporation
    Inventors: William B. Dress, Brian T. Donovan, James E. Howard
  • Publication number: 20090201982
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for pulse communications using precision timing. A method includes digitally pulse coding a data stream; and modulating a carrier signal using the digitally pulse coded data stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: William B. Dress, Brian Donovan