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Joseph D Gleason

Steven Glen Jorgensen

Jonathan Michael Seely

Mark L Miller

One aspect of the instant application provides a system and method for managing a switch buffer. During operation, the system establishes a hierarchical accounting structure to determine utilizations of different elements of a buffer on the switch. The hierarchical accounting structure comprises one or more parent elements, and each parent element is associated with one or more child elements. The system determines a base utilization of a child element based on an amount of buffer space allocated to the child element and an amount of buffer space used by the child element, and determines an adaptive utilization of the child element based at least on the base utilization of the child element and a congestion state of a corresponding parent element. Determining the adaptive utilization of the child element comprises performing a table lookup operation. The system then stores a received packet associated with the child element in the buffer in response to the adaptive utilization of the child element being less than a predetermined threshold.

System and method for adaptive buffer management

A paint shield for masking a door or window frame, or painting an adjacent wall and a method for its use are disclosed. The paint shield includes a substantially planar, rectangular portion of sheet like material. A substantially planar blade portion extends at right angles to the rectangular portion and has a width greater than or equal to the thickness of the frame to be masked. The blade portion terminates in a straight edge. A handle is affixed to the rectangular portion and is used to position the rectangular over the frame with the straight edge of the blade portion positioned against the wall at the intersection between the wall and the frame.

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Lincoln, CA, United States of America

Joseph D Gleason