DAVID KAPLOWITZ
Marriage and Family Therapists at Bee Caves Rd, Austin, TX

6499050, Dec 24, 2002

Jun 9, 1998

09/094183

Terry Lynn Cole - Austin TX
David Mason Kaplowitz - Austin TX

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06F 900

709107, 709321

A mechanism for minimizing interrupt context execution in a computer system by providing means for a driver to select the context for its execution. The operating system determines the system processing load and stores this information for use by the driver software. Based on the system processing load information, each driver then selects an execution context which meets its particular service requirements. When the system processing load is low and a lower-priority context will provide adequate service to the application, the lower-priority context is selected in order to reduce the amount of interrupt context execution. When the system processing load is high and a lower-priority context may not provide adequate service to the application, a higher-priority context is selected in order to ensure that execution of the application is within the drivers latency requirements.

6195702, Feb 27, 2001

Dec 1, 1997

8/980581

Terry L. Cole - Austin TX
David M. Kaplowitz - Austin TX

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Austin TX

G06F 1516

709237

An improved modem is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the improved modem detects a loss of host synchronism, indicated by an under flow event such as a lack of, or impending lack of data from the host. Normally, the under flow event would result in a lack of data to be sent to a receiving modem, causing a communication link between the two modems to be broken. The improved modem notifies the host of the under flow event and supplies alternate data to the data encoding unit of the modem in order to keep the communication link established. The alternate data supplied is typically an instruction or other action that requires no data from the host and keeps the communication link active. When the host regains synchronism, the host sends data to the modem and normal processing continues.

6272169, Aug 7, 2001

Jun 9, 1998

9/094096

Charles Ray Boswell - Austin TX
Terry Lynn Cole - Austin TX
David Mason Kaplowitz - Austin TX

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

H04B 138, H04L 516

375222

A modem to select a data transfer protocol based at least in part on conditions of the computing environment in which the modem is implemented. The modem includes means for monitoring the system processing load and selecting modem technologies and bit rates which are appropriate for current and anticipated system loading. The modem can determine system loading from measurements of microprocessor utilization in various execution contexts and can select a technology and bit rate which meets modem data transfer requirements while minimizing utilization during peak system loading.