Patents by Inventor William F. Doss

William F. Doss 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).

  • System and method for transforming PCIe SR-IOV functions to appear as legacy functions
    Patent number: 8386654
    Abstract: A system for transforming a single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV) function to appear as a legacy function, and a corresponding method includes a switch platform coupled between a legacy host and a SR-IOV-enabled device. The switch platform includes a processor programmed to discern configuration cycles by type and to process the configuration cycles, and one or more local registers that store data related to the configuration cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hubert E. Brinkmann, John M. Cagle, Barry S. Basile, David L. Matthews, Paul V. Brownall, William F. Doss
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING PCIE SR-IOV FUNCTIONS TO APPEAR AS LEGACY FUNCTIONS
    Publication number: 20110016235
    Abstract: A system for transforming a single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV) function to appear as a legacy function, and a corresponding method includes a switch platform coupled between a legacy host and a SR-IOV-enabled device. The switch platform includes a processor programmed to discern configuration cycles by type and to process the configuration cycles, and one or more local registers that store data related to the configuration cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Hubert E. Brinkmann, John M. Cagle, Barry S. Basile, David L. Matthews, Paul V. Brownall, William F. Doss