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Bruce M. Walk
Also filed as: WALK BRUCE M · WALK BRUCE MARSHALL
81 granted patents·6 pending applications·2,125 citations·filing 1986–2014
99Inventor score
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87 records- 0198US7555002B2Infiniband general services queue pair virtualization for multiple logical ports on a single physical portIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 30, 2009·321 cites·14 claims
- 0298US7283473B2Apparatus, system and method for providing multiple logical channel adapters within a single physical channel adapter in a system area networkIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 16, 2007·362 cites·21 claims
- 0397US9438447B2Flow distribution algorithm for aggregated links in an ethernet switchIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 6, 2016·54 cites·14 claims
- 0495US6092071ADedicated input/output processor method and apparatus for access and storage of compressed dataIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 18, 2000·133 cites·9 claims
- 0594US7290077B2Event queue structure and methodIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 30, 2007·29 cites·17 claims
- 0693US7366813B2Event queue in a logical partitionIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 29, 2008·21 cites·4 claims
- 0792US7493409B2Apparatus, system and method for implementing a generalized queue pair in a system area networkIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 17, 2009·87 cites·20 claims
- 0890US8787373B2Multicast miss notification for a distributed network switchCORS JOSEP·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 22, 2014·17 cites·19 claims
- 0990US8385356B2Data frame forwarding using a multitiered distributed virtual bridge hierarchyIBM·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 26, 2013·14 cites·25 claims
- 1090US7581021B2System and method for providing multiple virtual host channel adapters using virtual switchesIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 25, 2009·22 cites·17 claims
- 1190US7428598B2Infiniband multicast operation in an LPAR environmentIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 23, 2008·60 cites·6 claims
- 1289US7895383B2Event queue in a logical partitionIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 22, 2011·13 cites·11 claims
- 1388US8447909B2Register access in distributed virtual bridge environmentCORRIGAN MICHAEL J·Filed 2010·Granted May 21, 2013·12 cites·20 claims
- 1488US7010633B2Apparatus, system and method for controlling access to facilities based on usage classesIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 7, 2006·52 cites·33 claims
- 1588US6578122B2Using an access key to protect and point to regions in windows for infinibandIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 10, 2003·52 cites·24 claims
- 1686US8854973B2Sliced routing table management with replicationBASSO CLAUDE·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 7, 2014·7 cites·13 claims
- 1785US8879562B2Cached routing table managementIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 4, 2014·7 cites·20 claims
- 1885US8817796B2Cached routing table managementBASSO CLAUDE·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 26, 2014·7 cites·13 claims
- 1985US5623701AData compression method and structure for a direct access storage deviceIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 22, 1997·120 cites·20 claims
- 2084US8379642B2Multicasting using a multitiered distributed virtual bridge hierarchyIBM·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 19, 2013·7 cites·20 claims
- 2183US8953619B2Dynamic optimization of a multicast tree hierarchy for a distributed switchBASSO CLAUDE·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 10, 2015·6 cites·6 claims
- 2283US8917627B2Synchronizing routing tables in a distributed network switchBASSO CLAUDE·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 23, 2014·6 cites·21 claims
- 2383US8885518B2Synchronizing routing tables in a distributed network switchIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 11, 2014·6 cites·20 claims
- 2483US8867550B2Sliced routing table management with replicationIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 21, 2014·7 cites·20 claims
- 2583US6324620B1Dynamic DASD data management and partitioning based on access frequency utilization and capacityIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 27, 2001·124 cites·50 claims
- 2681US9148369B2Packet routing with analysis assist for embedded applications sharing a single network interface over multiple virtual networksIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 29, 2015·5 cites·20 claims
- 2781US7548964B2Performance counters for virtualized network interfaces of communications networksIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 16, 2009·8 cites·8 claims
- 2880US8913620B2Multicast traffic generation using hierarchical replication mechanisms for distributed switchesBASSO CLAUDE·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 16, 2014·5 cites·11 claims
- 2980US8489763B2Distributed virtual bridge managementARMSTRONG WILLIAM J·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 16, 2013·6 cites·25 claims
- 3079US8566257B2Address data learning and registration within a distributed virtual bridgeARMSTRONG WILLIAM J·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 22, 2013·5 cites·20 claims
- 3179US7873751B2Infiniband multicast operation in an LPAR environmentIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 18, 2011·7 cites·12 claims
- 3279US7188198B2Method for implementing dynamic virtual lane buffer reconfigurationIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 6, 2007·28 cites·18 claims
- 3379US5682499ADirectory rebuild method and apparatus for maintaining and rebuilding directory information for compressed data on direct access storage device (DASD)IBM·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 28, 1997·88 cites·11 claims
- 3478US9215171B2Hashing-based routing table managementBASSO CLAUDE·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 15, 2015·4 cites·19 claims
- 3578US9148368B2Packet routing with analysis assist for embedded applications sharing a single network interface over multiple virtual networksARMSTRONG WILLIAM J·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 29, 2015·4 cites·20 claims
- 3678US9143441B2Sliced routing table managementIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 22, 2015·4 cites·18 claims
- 3778US9124527B2Sliced routing table managementBASSO CLAUDE·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 1, 2015·4 cites·25 claims
- 3878US5666560AStorage method and hierarchical padding structure for direct access storage device (DASD) data compressionIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 9, 1997·87 cites·24 claims
- 3976US5537658ADistributed directory method and structure for direct access storage device (DASD) data compressionIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 16, 1996·75 cites·9 claims
- 4075US9215087B2Directed route load/store packets for distributed switch initializationIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 15, 2015·2 cites·16 claims
- 4174US9197539B2Multicast miss notification for a distributed network switchIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 24, 2015·3 cites·13 claims
- 4274US8594090B2Multicasting using a multitiered distributed virtual bridge hierarchyARMSTRONG WILLIAM J·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 26, 2013·3 cites·20 claims
- 4374US6601148B2Infiniband memory windows management directly in hardwareIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 29, 2003·19 cites·21 claims
- 4474US6317747B1Dedicated input/output processor method and apparatus for access and storage of compressed dataIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 13, 2001·27 cites·5 claims
- 4573US7362705B2Dynamic load-based credit distributionIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 22, 2008·15 cites·12 claims
- 4670US8958427B2Dynamic optimization of a multicast tree hierarchy for a distributed switchIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 17, 2015·2 cites·6 claims
- 4769US9369298B2Directed route load/store packets for distributed switch initializationIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 14, 2016·1 cites·7 claims
- 4869US9276760B2Directed route load/store packets for distributed switch initializationIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 1, 2016·1 cites·12 claims
- 4969US7979548B2Hardware enforcement of logical partitioning of a channel adapter's resources in a system area networkIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 12, 2011·14 cites·12 claims
- 5069US7668207B2System, method, and article of manufacture for synchronizing time of day clocks on first and second computersIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 23, 2010·2 cites·12 claims
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