Richard Allen Kelley

Method and system for secure computer moderated voting

Method and apparatus for adding and removing components of a data processing system without powering down

Autodocking hardware for installing and/or removing adapter cards without opening the computer system cover

Secondary I/O bus with expanded slot capacity and hot plugging capability

Transaction credit control for serial I/O systems

Buffer management and transaction control for transition bridges

Method and apparatus for increasing system throughput via an input/output bus and enhancing address capability of a computer system during DMA read/write operations between a common memory and an input/output device

Method and apparatus for improving bus efficiency by enabling arbitration based upon availability of completion data

Precharge for non-disruptive bus live insertion

Variable slot configuration for multi-speed bus