Patents by Inventor William Whitney Schonbein

William Whitney Schonbein 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).

  • In-network compute assistance
    Patent number: 11689605
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing operations by network interface cards in a network of computers. A network interface card is configured to receive a message and to interpret the message to identify a primitive operation to be performed. The primitive operation is one of a plurality of primitive operations that are performed to perform an operation. The primitive operation is performed by the network interface card and a trigger signal is generated in response to performing the primitive operation. The trigger signal is interpreted to identify a triggered message. The triggered message identifies a next one of the plurality of primitive operations to be performed. The triggered message is transmitted back to the network interface card or to another network interface card in the network for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Grant, William Whitney Schonbein
  • IN-NETWORK COMPUTE ASSISTANCE
    Publication number: 20210329061
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing operations by network interface cards in a network of computers. A network interface card is configured to receive a message and to interpret the message to identify a primitive operation to be performed. The primitive operation is one of a plurality of primitive operations that are performed to perform an operation. The primitive operation is performed by the network interface card and a trigger signal is generated in response to performing the primitive operation. The trigger signal is interpreted to identify a triggered message. The triggered message identifies a next one of the plurality of primitive operations to be performed. The triggered message is transmitted back to the network interface card or to another network interface card in the network for processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Grant, William Whitney Schonbein