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David A. Higgen
Also filed as: HIGGEN DAVID · HIGGEN DAVID A · HIGGEN DAVID ALLAN
53 granted patents·4 pending applications·7,965 citations·filing 1997–2017
99Inventor score
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57 records- 0199US7673072B2Fast-path apparatus for transmitting data corresponding to a TCP connectionALACRITECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 2, 2010·179 cites·21 claims
- 0299US6965941B2Transmit fast-path processing on TCP/IP offload network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 15, 2005·205 cites·17 claims
- 0399US6697868B2Protocol processing stack for use with intelligent network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 24, 2004·327 cites·23 claims
- 0499US6687758B2Port aggregation for network connections that are offloaded to network interface devicesALACRITECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 3, 2004·294 cites·23 claims
- 0599US6591302B2Fast-path apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a TCP connectionALACRITECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 8, 2003·368 cites·22 claims
- 0699US6434620B1TCP/IP offload network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 13, 2002·596 cites·6 claims
- 0799US6427171B1Protocol processing stack for use with intelligent network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 30, 2002·366 cites·12 claims
- 0899US6393487B2Passing a communication control block to a local device such that a message is processed on the deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 21, 2002·300 cites·4 claims
- 0999US6334153B2Passing a communication control block from host to a local device such that a message is processed on the deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 25, 2001·277 cites·2 claims
- 1099US6247060B1Passing a communication control block from host to a local device such that a message is processed on the deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 12, 2001·486 cites·2 claims
- 1199US6226680B1Intelligent network interface system method for protocol processingALACRITECH INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 1, 2001·601 cites·23 claims
- 1298US7237036B2Fast-path apparatus for receiving data corresponding a TCP connectionALACRITECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 26, 2007·226 cites·22 claims
- 1398US7167926B1TCP/IP offload network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 23, 2007·174 cites·21 claims
- 1498US7089326B2Fast-path processing for receiving data on TCP connection offload devicesALACRITECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 8, 2006·252 cites·20 claims
- 1598US6941386B2Protocol processing stack for use with intelligent network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 6, 2005·171 cites·19 claims
- 1698US6757746B2Obtaining a destination address so that a network interface device can write network data without headers directly into host memoryALACRITECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 29, 2004·237 cites·20 claims
- 1798US6658480B2Intelligent network interface system and method for accelerated protocol processingALACRITECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 2, 2003·206 cites·18 claims
- 1897US7664868B2TCP/IP offload network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 16, 2010·35 cites·20 claims
- 1997US7337241B2Fast-path apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a TCP connectionALACRITECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 26, 2008·187 cites·24 claims
- 2097US7174393B2TCP/IP offload network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 6, 2007·171 cites·20 claims
- 2197US7167927B2TCP/IP offload device with fast-path TCP ACK generating and transmitting mechanismALACRITECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 23, 2007·182 cites·30 claims
- 2296US7627684B2Network interface device that can offload data transfer processing for a TCP connection from a host CPUALACRITECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 1, 2009·33 cites·24 claims
- 2396US7191241B2Fast-path apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a TCP connectionALACRITECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 13, 2007·169 cites·25 claims
- 2496US7042898B2Reducing delays associated with inserting a checksum into a network messageALACRITECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 9, 2006·156 cites·7 claims
- 2596US6427173B1Intelligent network interfaced device and system for accelerated communicationALACRITECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 30, 2002·406 cites·20 claims
- 2696US6389479B1Intelligent network interface device and system for accelerated communicationALACRITECH INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 14, 2002·401 cites·27 claims
- 2795US7694024B2TCP/IP offload device with fast-path TCP ACK generating and transmitting mechanismALACRITECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 6, 2010·35 cites·20 claims
- 2895US7627001B2Protocol stack that offloads a TCP connection from a host computer to a network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 1, 2009·26 cites·21 claims
- 2995US7472156B2Transferring control of a TCP connection between devicesALACRITECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 30, 2008·106 cites·38 claims
- 3095US7284070B2TCP offload network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 16, 2007·116 cites·27 claims
- 3195US6081883AProcessing system with dynamically allocatable buffer memoryAUSPEX SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 27, 2000·401 cites·45 claims
- 3294US7640364B2Port aggregation for network connections that are offloaded to network interface devicesALACRITECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 29, 2009·26 cites·20 claims
- 3394US7620726B2Zero copy method for receiving data by a network interfaceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 17, 2009·24 cites·25 claims
- 3494US7502869B2Intelligent network interface system and method for accelerated protocol processingALACRITECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 10, 2009·97 cites·40 claims
- 3591US9088592B1Network cache acceleratorCRAFT PETER·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 21, 2015·21 cites·31 claims
- 3684US8539112B2TCP/IP offload deviceCRAFT PETER K·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 17, 2013·8 cites·19 claims
- 3784US7809847B2Network interface device that can transfer control of a TCP connection to a host CPUALACRITECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 5, 2010·6 cites·22 claims
- 3884US7584260B2Method to synchronize and upload an offloaded network stack connection with a network stackALACRITECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 1, 2009·23 cites·18 claims
- 3983US9264366B2Method and apparatus for processing received network packets on a network interface for a computerALACRITECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 16, 2016·2 cites·20 claims
- 4080US10798206B1Network cache acceleratorALACRITECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 6, 2020·2 cites·12 claims
- 4180US7461160B2Obtaining a destination address so that a network interface device can write network data without headers directly into host memoryALACRITECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 2, 2008·22 cites·14 claims
- 4279US9009223B2Method and apparatus for processing received network packets on a network interface for a computerALACRITECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 14, 2015·2 cites·17 claims
- 4379US8856379B2Intelligent network interface system and method for protocol processingALACRITECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 7, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 4477US8131880B2Intelligent network interface device and system for accelerated communicationBOUCHER LAURENCE B·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 6, 2012·12 cites·60 claims
- 4575US8447803B2Method and apparatus for distributing network traffic processing on a multiprocessor computerBOUCHER LAURENCE B·Filed 2003·Granted May 21, 2013·11 cites·48 claims
- 4671US8805948B2Intelligent network interface system and method for protocol processingALACRITECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 12, 2014·1 cites·22 claims
- 4769US7853723B2TCP/IP offload network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 14, 2010·3 cites·20 claims
- 4866US9787792B1Network cache acceleratorALACRITECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 10, 2017·1 cites·16 claims
- 4966US7844743B2Protocol stack that offloads a TCP connection from a host computer to a network interface deviceALACRITECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 30, 2010·5 cites·30 claims
- 5062US9307054B2Intelligent network interface system and method for accelerated protocol processingALACRITECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 5, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
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