William P. Bunton
32Patents
20h-index
46Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 8, 1990 → Apr 13, 2004
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7010607B1 | Method for training a communication link between ports to correct for errors | Physics | 403 | Expired |
| US6950428B1 | System and method for configuring adaptive sets of links between routers in a system area network (SAN) | Electricity | 194 | Expired |
| US5751955A | Method of synchronizing a pair of central processor units for duplex, lock-step operation by copying data into a corresponding locations of another memory | Electricity | 159 | Expired |
| US6233702A | Self-checked, lock step processor pairs | Electricity | 151 | Expired |
| US5751932A | Fail-fast, fail-functional, fault-tolerant multiprocessor system | Electricity | 136 | Expired |
| US6151689A | Detecting and isolating errors occurring in data communication in a multiple processor system | Physics | 110 | Expired |
| US6157967A | Method of data communication flow control in a data processing system using busy/ready commands | Physics | 90 | Expired |
| US5675807A | Interrupt message delivery identified by storage location of received interrupt data | Electricity | 80 | Expired |
| US5964835A | Storage access validation to data messages using partial storage address data indexed entries containing permissible address range validation for message source | Electricity | 78 | Expired |
| US6961347B1 | High-speed interconnection link having automated lane reordering | Electricity | 76 | Expired |
| US5790776A | Apparatus for detecting divergence between a pair of duplexed, synchronized processor elements | Physics | 74 | Expired |
| US6985502B2 | Time-division multiplexed link for use in a service area network | Electricity | 72 | Expired |
| US6690757B1 | High-speed interconnection adapter having automated lane de-skew | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US5436827A | Control interface for customer replaceable fan unit | Physics | 63 | Expired |
| US5675579A | Method for verifying responses to messages using a barrier message | Electricity | 46 | Expired |
| US6948092B2 | System recovery from errors for processor and associated components | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US6249756A | Hybrid flow control | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US5861684A | Flexible implementation of distributed DC power | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US6738344B1 | Link extenders with link alive propagation | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
| US5203004A | Multi-board system having electronic keying and preventing power to improperly connected plug-in board with improperly configured diode connections | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US5293636A | Module for insertion into a multi-module system having electronic keying for preventing power to improperly connected modules with improperly configured diode connections | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US7197100B2 | High-speed interconnection adapter having automated lane de-skew | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6374282B1 | Method and apparatus for tracking multi-threaded system area network (SAN) traffic | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5548463A | System for switching power and scrubbing power mixing devices for faults | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US6865231B1 | High-speed interconnection adapter having automated crossed differential pair correction | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.