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).
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Patent number: 11516143Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Lightfleet CorporationInventor: William B. Dress
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Publication number: 20210211388Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Lightfleet CorporationInventor: William B. Dress
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Publication number: 20190372903Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventor: William B. Dress
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Publication number: 20190372904Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Lightfleet CorporationInventor: William B. Dress
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Patent number: 10153925Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Lightfleet CorporationInventor: William B. Dress
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Publication number: 20170244584Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for time domain signals. An apparatus includes an electrical circuit decoder coupled to a receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Lightfleet CorporationInventor: William B Dress
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Publication number: 20170244583Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Lightfleet CorporationInventor: William B. Dress
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Patent number: 9590735Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Lightfleet CorporationInventor: William B Dress
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Publication number: 20150037036Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventor: William B. Dress
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Publication number: 20150029832Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: William B. Dress
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Patent number: 8909047Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: LightFleet CorporationInventor: William B Dress
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Publication number: 20140044430Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventor: William B. Dress
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Patent number: 8229006Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Lightfleet CorporationInventors: William B. Dress, Brian Donovan
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Patent number: 8081876Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Lightfleet CorporationInventors: William B. Dress, Brian T. Donovan, James E. Howard
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Patent number: 7876836Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Lightfleet CorporationInventors: William B. Dress, Brian Donovan
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Patent number: 7660338Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Stephen F. Smith, William B. Dress
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Patent number: 7656931Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 31, 2003Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Stephen F. Smith, William B. Dress
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Publication number: 20100003029Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2009Publication date: January 7, 2010Inventors: William B. Dress, Brian T. Donovan, James E. Howard
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Patent number: 7630648Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Lightfleet CorporationInventors: William B. Dress, Brian T. Donovan, James E. Howard
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Publication number: 20090201982Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: William B. Dress, Brian Donovan