Inventor
CRAYFORD IAN
US41 patents
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ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
21 patentsUS6487212B1Nov 26, 2002
Queuing structure and method for prioritization of frames in a network switch
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC140 citations98
US6151316ANov 21, 2000
Apparatus and method for synthesizing management packets for transmission between a network switch and a host controller
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC101 citations98
US6078627AJun 20, 2000
Circuit and method for multilevel signal decoding, descrambling, and error detection
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC109 citations98
US5859837AJan 12, 1999
Flow control method and apparatus for ethernet packet switched hub
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC90 citations98
US5673254ASep 30, 1997
Enhancements to 802.3 media access control and associated signaling schemes for ethernet switching
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC112 citations98
US6269098B1Jul 31, 2001
Method and apparatus for scaling number of virtual lans in a switch using an indexing scheme
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC35 citations97
US6192028B1Feb 20, 2001
Method and apparatus providing programmable thresholds for half-duplex flow control in a network switch
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC74 citations97
US6167054ADec 26, 2000
Method and apparatus providing programmable thresholds for full-duplex flow control in a network switch
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC65 citations97
US6122669ASep 19, 2000
Method and apparatus for auto-incrementing through table and updating single register in memory
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC52 citations97
US6128654AOct 3, 2000
Method and apparatus for transmitting multiple copies by replicating data identifiers
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC70 citations96
US5890100AMar 30, 1999
Chip temperature monitor using delay lines
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC62 citations96
US5305321AApr 19, 1994
Ethernet media access controller with external address detection interface and associated method
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC65 citations96
US6255969B1Jul 3, 2001
Circuit and method for high speed bit stream capture using a digital delay line
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC24 citations93
US6084878AJul 4, 2000
External rules checker interface
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC41 citations93
US5943206AAug 24, 1999
Chip temperature protection using delay lines
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC41 citations93
US5940392AAug 17, 1999
Programmable address mapping matrix for secure networks
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC27 citations93
US5539737AJul 23, 1996
Programmable disrupt of multicast packets for secure networks
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC53 citations93
US6704296B1Mar 9, 2004
Optimized MII for 802.3u (100 BASE-T) fast ethernet PHYs
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC32 citations92
US5640393AJun 17, 1997
Multiple address security architecture
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC18 citations84
US6091348AJul 18, 2000
Circuit and method for on-the-fly bit detection and substitution
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC5 citations63
US5754525AMay 19, 1998
Programmable delay of disrupt for secure networks
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC5 citations63
SMARTBOTICS INC
8 patentsUS9644799B2May 9, 2017
LED light bulb construction and manufacture
SMARTBOTICS INC36 citations96
US9800429B2Oct 24, 2017
Adaptive home and commercial automation devices, methods and systems based on the proximity of controlling elements
SMARTBOTICS INC57 citations94
US10088112B2Oct 2, 2018
LED light bulb construction and manufacture
SMARTBOTICS INC6 citations83
US10670196B2Jun 2, 2020
LED light bulb construction and manufacture
SMARTBOTICS INC1 citations72
US10465857B2Nov 5, 2019
LED light bulb construction and manufacture
SMARTBOTICS INC1 citations72
US12519673B2Jan 6, 2026
Adaptive home and commercial emergency LED lighting devices, supporting dual power modes, methods and systems based on the proximity of controlling elements
SMARTBOTICS INC0 citations59
US12119952B2Oct 15, 2024
Adaptive home and commercial LED lighting devices, supporting dual power of modes, methods and systems based on the proximity of controlling elements
SMARTBOTICS INC0 citations59
US11221110B2Jan 11, 2022
LED light bulb construction and manufacture
SMARTBOTICS INC0 citations51
BROADCOM CORP
5 patentsUS6885657B1Apr 26, 2005
Network telephony system
BROADCOM CORP77 citations95
US7457857B1Nov 25, 2008
Method and apparatus for a network hub to diagnose network operation and broadcast information to a remote host or monitoring device
BROADCOM CORP27 citations93
US7936744B2May 3, 2011
Network telephony system
BROADCOM CORP12 citations89
US8051160B2Nov 1, 2011
Method and apparatus for a network hub to diagnose network operation and broadcast information to a remote host or monitoring device
BROADCOM CORP5 citations74
US9019957B2Apr 28, 2015
Network telephony system
BROADCOM CORP0 citations51
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD
4 patentsUS6970419B1Nov 29, 2005
Method and apparatus for preserving frame ordering across aggregated links between source and destination nodes
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD35 citations95
US6977892B2Dec 20, 2005
Method and apparatus for preserving flow order across links of a multi link trunk
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD21 citations92
US6970420B1Nov 29, 2005
Method and apparatus for preserving frame ordering across aggregated links supporting a plurality of quality of service levels
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD14 citations92
US6973031B1Dec 6, 2005
Method and apparatus for preserving frame ordering across aggregated links supporting a plurality of transmission rates
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD8 citations73