Inventor

Kenneth M. Valk

Inventor
Rochester, MN, US

Overview

40→
Patents
1998–2021
Patent span
Electricity
Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 40 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Lprimary
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication66%
G06FElectric digital data processing26%
G01RMeasuring electric variables2%
G05Q2%
H03MCoding2%
Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use2%
PatentTitleYear
11,095,571Flexible and scalable enhanced transmission selection method for network fabrics202110,834,008Arbitration of multiple-thousands of flows for convergence enhanced ethernet20209,860,188'Flexible and scalable enhanced transmission selection method for network fabrics'20189,843,529'Arbitration of multiple-thousands of flows for convergence enhanced ethernet'20179,722,810'Computer-based flow synchronization for efficient multicast forwarding for products and services'20179,231,870'Flexible and scalable data link layer flow control for network fabrics'20169,210,095'Arbitration of multiple-thousands of flows for convergence enhanced ethernet'20159,112,784'Hierarchical occupancy-based congestion management'20159,106,545'Hierarchical occupancy-based congestion management'20159,055,009'Hybrid arrival-occupancy based congestion management'20158,995,265'Monitoring endpoint buffer occupancy to determine congestion in an ethernet network'20158,989,005'Monitoring endpoint buffer occupancy to determine congestion in an Ethernet network'20158,929,213'Buffer occupancy based random sampling for congestion management'20158,914,538'Implementing network manager quarantine mode'20148,897,301'Multicast bandwidth multiplication for a unified distributed switch'20148,804,960'Implementing known scrambling relationship among multiple serial links'20148,677,046'Deadlock resolution in end-to-end credit protocol'20148,675,683'Implementing end-to-end credit management for enhanced large packet reassembly'20148,667,205'Deadlock resolution in end-to-end credit protocol'20148,594,090'Multicasting using a multitiered distributed virtual bridge hierarchy'20138,514,885'Using variable length packets to embed extra network control information'20138,479,261'Implementing electronic chip identification (ECID) exchange for network security'20138,416,785'Implementing ghost packet removal within a reliable meshed network'20138,379,642'Multicasting using a multitiered distributed virtual bridge hierarchy'20138,358,658'Implementing ordered and reliable transfer of packets while spraying packets over multiple links'20138,340,112'Implementing enhanced link bandwidth in a headless interconnect chip'20128,275,922'Implementing serial link training patterns separated by random data for training a serial link in an interconnect system'20128,185,662'Using end-to-end credit flow control to reduce number of virtual lanes implemented at link and switch layers'20128,040,799'Network on chip with minimum guaranteed bandwidth for virtual communications channels'20118,010,682'Early coherency indication for return data in shared memory architecture'20117,996,621'Data cache invalidate with data dependent expiration using a step value'20117,536,514'Early return indication for read exclusive requests in shared memory architecture'20097,197,536'Primitive communication mechanism for adjacent nodes in a clustered computer system'20077,110,402'Method and system for filtering inter-node communication in a data processing system'20066,754,753'Atomic ownership change operation for input/output (I/O) bridge device in clustered computer system'20046,643,818'Storing and using the history of data transmission errors to assure data integrity'20036,275,876'Specifying wrap register for storing memory address to store completion status of instruction to external device'20016,006,255'Networked computer system and method of communicating using multiple request packet classes to prevent deadlock'19995,787,094'Test and diagnostics for a self-timed parallel interface'19985,749,087'Method and apparatus for maintaining n-way associative directories utilizing a content addressable memory'1998

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1998–2021Patents assigned to IBM (37)· patent assignee history
1998–2021Based in Rochester, MN, US· patent location history
2012–2014Patents assigned to VALK KENNETH MICHAEL (7)· patent assignee history
2013–2018Patents assigned to VALK KENNETH M (15)· patent assignee history
2013–2018Patents assigned to BASSO CLAUDE (6)· patent assignee history
2014–2018Patents assigned to NEESER FREDY D (8)· patent assignee history
2015Based in Rochestr, MN, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
IBM371998–2021
VALK KENNETH Mself152013–2018
NEESER FREDY D82014–2018
VALK KENNETH MICHAELself72012–2014
BASSO CLAUDE62013–2018
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Rochester, Minnesota, US391998–2021
Rochestr, Minnesota, US12015