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Alain Blanc
Also filed as: BLANC ALAIN · BLANC ALAIN R · BLANC ALAIN RICHARD
49 granted patents·2 pending applications·838 citations·filing 1986–2010
98Inventor score
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51 records- 0182US6411599B1Fault tolerant switching architectureIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 25, 2002·134 cites·6 claims
- 0280US6982956B2System and method for controlling communications network traffic through phased discard strategy selectionIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 3, 2006·36 cites·6 claims
- 0380US6795515B1Method and apparatus for locating sampling points in a synchronous data streamIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 21, 2004·31 cites·22 claims
- 0477US7773602B2CAM based system and method for re-sequencing data packetsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 10, 2010·6 cites·20 claims
- 0576US6125114ASwitching system comprising distributed elements allowing attachment to line adapters, and having multicasting capabilitiesIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 26, 2000·55 cites·21 claims
- 0674US7668672B2Optimizing high speed signal transmissionIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 23, 2010·4 cites·20 claims
- 0772US7061909B2System and method for controlling the multicast traffic of a data packet switchIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 13, 2006·22 cites·12 claims
- 0872US6606300B1Flow control process for a switching system and system for performing the sameIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 12, 2003·84 cites·5 claims
- 0971US6990418B2Method and systems for optimizing high-speed signal transmissionIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 24, 2006·13 cites·4 claims
- 1070US7400629B2CAM based system and method for re-sequencing data packetsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 15, 2008·12 cites·4 claims
- 1169US7769003B2Data packet switch and method of operating sameIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 3, 2010·3 cites·16 claims
- 1269US7272522B2Method and systems for optimizing high-speed signal transmissionIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 18, 2007·3 cites·20 claims
- 1365US7260145B2Method and systems for analyzing the quality of high-speed signalsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 21, 2007·9 cites·11 claims
- 1465US5220327ADecimation filter in a sigma-delta analog-to-digtal converterIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 15, 1993·19 cites·8 claims
- 1563US7430167B2Method and system to enable an adaptive load balancing in a parallel packet switchIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 30, 2008·8 cites·13 claims
- 1663US6667955B1Switching fabric system having at least one subsystem including switch core elements arranged in port expansion architectureIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 23, 2003·29 cites·9 claims
- 1761US7289523B2Data packet switch and method of operating sameIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 30, 2007·6 cites·10 claims
- 1861US5329553ADecimation filter for a sigma-delta converter and data circuit terminating equipment including the sameIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Jul 12, 1994·16 cites·7 claims
- 1959US8085789B2Algorithm and system for selecting acknowledgments from an array of collapsed VOQ'sBLANC ALAIN·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 27, 2011·2 cites·20 claims
- 2058US7720105B2Method and arrangement for local synchronization in master-slave distributed communication systemsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted May 18, 2010·6 cites·7 claims
- 2158US7385993B2Queue scheduling mechanism in a data packet transmission systemIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 10, 2008·5 cites·12 claims
- 2258US6343081B1Method and apparatus for managing contention in a self-routing switching architecture in a port expansion modeIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 29, 2002·40 cites·8 claims
- 2356US7706394B2System and method for collapsing VOQ's of a packet switch fabricIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 27, 2010·4 cites·18 claims
- 2455US6522269B2System and method for a self-delineating serial link for very high-speed data communication interfacesIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 18, 2003·8 cites·20 claims
- 2555US5204883AMethod and apparatus for recognition of a framing pattern distributed in a serial bit streamIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Apr 20, 1993·18 cites·8 claims
- 2654US7486683B2Algorithm and system for selecting acknowledgments from an array of collapsed VOQ'sIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 3, 2009·2 cites·13 claims
- 2753US7403536B2Method and system for resequencing data packets switched through a parallel packet switchIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 22, 2008·2 cites·12 claims
- 2853US6055235ASwitching systemIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 25, 2000·34 cites·20 claims
- 2952US7477685B2Method and systems for analyzing the quality of high-speed signalsIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 13, 2009·0 cites·10 claims
- 3052US6570845B1Switching system including a mask mechanism for altering the internal routing processIBM·Filed 1999·Granted May 27, 2003·29 cites·3 claims
- 3149US5409194AVariable flow electrically controlled valveCROUZET ELECTROMENAGER·Filed 1992·Granted Apr 25, 1995·20 cites·10 claims
- 3248US7382792B2Queue scheduling mechanism in a data packet transmission systemIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 3, 2008·2 cites·4 claims
- 3347US8009702B2Method and arrangement for local sychronization in master-slave distributed communication systemsIBM·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 30, 2011·0 cites·8 claims
- 3447US7272778B2Method and systems for improving test of data transmission in multi-channel systemsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 18, 2007·2 cites·6 claims
- 3547US5461641ADecimation filter for a sigma-delta converter and A/D converter using the sameIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 24, 1995·9 cites·9 claims
- 3647US2005036502A1System and method for handling multicast traffic in a shared buffer switch core collapsing ingress VOQ'sIBM·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3745US5359709AApparatus and method for providing multiple operating configurations in data circuit terminating equipmentIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 25, 1994·22 cites·14 claims
- 3845US4941151APredictive clock recovery circuitIBM·Filed 1988·Granted Jul 10, 1990·13 cites·13 claims
- 3943US6597656B1Switch system comprising two switch fabricsIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 22, 2003·19 cites·8 claims
- 4042US6108334ASwitching system comprising distributed elements allowing attachment to line adaptersIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 22, 2000·16 cites·22 claims
- 4142US4845752AMulti-signal processor synchronized systemIBM·Filed 1986·Granted Jul 4, 1989·13 cites·6 claims
- 4240US6661786B1Service message system for a switching architectureIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 9, 2003·14 cites·9 claims
- 4340US5465345AParallel processing of received and transmitted bit stream in telecommunications equipment including a DSP and supporting HDLC/SDLC protocolsIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 7, 1995·19 cites·5 claims
- 4438US5315622AData circuit terminating equipment (DCE) including timing arrangements circuits controlled by processing meansIBM·Filed 1991·Granted May 24, 1994·10 cites·14 claims
- 4537US6480501B1Process for transporting a cell through a switching structure base on a single stage switchIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 12, 2002·10 cites·4 claims
- 4635US6728251B1Switching apparatus comprising a centralized switch core and at least one SCAL element(s) for the attachment of various protocol adaptersIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 27, 2004·8 cites·9 claims
- 4735US6584124B1Method and system for accessing ports of a fixed-size cell switchCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 24, 2003·6 cites·18 claims
- 4832US6683854B1System for checking data integrity in a high speed packet switching network nodeIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 27, 2004·7 cites·5 claims
- 4932US6452900B1Flow control process for a switching architecture using an out-of-band flow control channel and apparatus for performing the sameIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 17, 2002·3 cites·9 claims
- 5032US4933672AData transmission system with a digital alarm facilityIBM·Filed 1988·Granted Jun 12, 1990·5 cites·9 claims
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