Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Patrick D. Ross

23Patents
10h-index
11Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: May 25, 1982 → Jul 7, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5379431A Boot framework architecture for dynamic staged initial program load Physics 108 Expired
US5675748A Method and apparatus for automatically configuring computer system hardware and software Physics 96 Expired
US5574915A Object-oriented booting framework Physics 74 Expired
US5909594A System for communications where first priority data transfer is not disturbed by second priority data transfer and where allocated bandwidth is removed when process terminates abnormally Electricity 68 Expired
US5991824A Method and system for simultaneous high bandwidth input output Physics 50 Expired
US4536837A Improved disk file allocation and mapping system utilizing cylinder control blocks and file map having unbalanced tree structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US7020720B1 Apparatus and method for providing a globally routable bypass IP address to a host computer on a private network Electricity 33 Expired
US5680624A Object oriented interrupt system Physics 25 Expired
US5371884A Processor fault recovery system Physics 23 Expired
US5526515A Hardware-driven clock with object-oriented interface Physics 23 Expired
US5630141A Hierarchical apparatus and method for processing device interrupts in a computer system Physics 9 Expired
USRE38134E1 System for communications where first priority data transfer is not disturbed by second priority data transfer and where allocated bandwidth is removed when process terminates abnormally General 5 Expired
US9954677B2 System and method for inserting chunks of bits into a bit stream Physics 2 Active
US9778912B2 Stochastic processing of an information stream by a processing architecture generated by operation of non-deterministic data used to select data processing modules Electricity 1 Active
US11537362B2 Modular uncertainty random value generator and method Physics 1 Active
US9965249B2 Stochastic processing Electricity 1 Active
US9292259B2 Uncertainty random value generator Physics 1 Active
US9990180B2 Stochastic processing Electricity 1 Active
US9207911B2 Modular uncertainty random value generator and method Physics 1 Active
US12223515B2 Carbon emission optimization for device lifecycle management Physics 0 Active
US12182535B2 High clock-efficiency random number generation system and method Physics 0 Active
US10635399B2 Stochastic processing Electricity 0 Active
US11907684B2 High clock-efficiency random number generation system and method Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.