Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Robert L. Jardine

29Patents
15h-index
31Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: May 24, 1989 → Jan 23, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6393582B1 Error self-checking and recovery using lock-step processor pair architecture Physics 124 Expired
US5072364A Method and apparatus for recovering from an incorrect branch prediction in a processor that executes a family of instructions in parallel Physics 65 Expired
US6195754A Method and apparatus for tolerating power outages of variable duration in a multi-processor system Physics 62 Expired
US5991518A Method and apparatus for split-brain avoidance in a multi-processor system Physics 47 Expired
US5075844A Paired instruction processor precise exception handling mechanism Physics 45 Expired
US6948092B2 System recovery from errors for processor and associated components Physics 41 Expired
US5884018A Method and apparatus for distributed agreement on processor membership in a multi-processor system Physics 37 Expired
US5826066A Method for keeping accurate time in a computer system Physics 29 Expired
US5687308A Method to improve tolerance of non-homogeneous power outages Physics 28 Expired
US5619647A System for multiplexing prioritized virtual channels onto physical channels where higher priority virtual will pre-empt a lower priority virtual or a lower priority will wait Electricity 27 Expired
US5928368A Method and apparatus for fault-tolerant multiprocessing system recovery from power failure or drop-outs Physics 19 Expired
US6665811B1 Method and apparatus for checking communicative connectivity between processor units of a distributed system Physics 18 Expired
US8058823B2 Actuator system with a multi-motor assembly for extending and flexing a joint Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Active
US7308605B2 Latent error detection Physics 17 Expired
US10179078B2 Therapeutic method and device for rehabilitation Human Necessities 15 Active
US8639455B2 Foot pad device and method of obtaining weight data Physics 12 Active
US7426656B2 Method and system executing user programs on non-deterministic processors Physics 7 Active
US7764689B2 Method and apparatus for arbitrating data packets in a network system Electricity 6 Active
US9131873B2 Foot pad device and method of obtaining weight data Physics 4 Active
US7590885B2 Method and system of copying memory from a source processor to a target processor by duplicating memory writes Physics 3 Active
US7388834B2 System and method for controlling network traffic flow in a multi-processor network Electricity 3 Expired
US7752494B2 Method and system of aligning execution point of duplicate copies of a user program by exchanging information about instructions executed Physics 2 Active
US5016208A Deferred comparison multiplier checker Physics 2 Expired
US7467327B2 Method and system of aligning execution point of duplicate copies of a user program by exchanging information about instructions executed Physics 1 Active
US7328331B2 Method and system of aligning execution point of duplicate copies of a user program by copying memory stores Physics 1 Expired

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