Patents by Inventor Gabriel A. Watkins

Gabriel A. Watkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9104499
    Abstract: Resource state sets corresponding to the application states are maintained in memory. A request may be issued for a processor operating in a first application state corresponding to the first resource state set to transition to a second application state corresponding to the second resource state set. A start time to begin transitioning resources to states indicated in the second resource state set is scheduled based upon an estimated amount of processing time to complete transitioning. A process is begun by which the states of resources are switched from states indicated by the first resource state set to states indicated by the second resource state set. Scheduling the process to begin at a time that allows the process to be completed just in time for the resource states to be immediately available to the processor upon entering the second application state helps minimize adverse effects of resource latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Joshua H. Stubbs, Andrew J. Frantz, Norman S. Gargash, Gabriel A. Watkins, Grady L. Caraway
  • Patent number: 8799697
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices configured to add synchronization to the entry and exit from low power modes in asynchronous operating systems on a multiprocessor system. A synchronizing agent tracks the requested sleep and wake up times of the different asynchronous operating systems executing on different cores of the same system on chip or multicore processor. The sleep/wake up times of some cores/operating systems may be delayed in order to synchronize the sleep/wake up times of two or more of the asynchronous operating systems executing on the multiprocessor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul R. Johnson, Gabriel A. Watkins
  • Patent number: 8793697
    Abstract: A method and system for managing requests among resources within a portable computing device include a scheduler receiving data from a client for scheduling a plurality of requests. Each request identifies at least one resource and a requested deadline. Next, data from the client is stored by the scheduler in a database. The scheduler then determines times and a sequence for processing the requests based on requested deadlines in the requests and based on current states of resources within the portable computing device. The scheduler then communicates the requests to the resources at the determined times and according to the determined sequence. The scheduler, at its discretion, may schedule a request after its requested deadline in response to receiving a new request command from a client. The scheduler may allow a sleep set corresponding to a sleep processor state to power off a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Norman S. Gargash, Grady L. Caraway, Vinod Vijayarajan, Tracy A. Ulmer, Joshua H. Stubbs, Andrew J. Frantz, Gabriel Watkins
  • Publication number: 20130227583
    Abstract: A method and system for managing requests among resources within a portable computing device include a scheduler receiving data from a client for scheduling a plurality of requests. Each request identifies at least one resource and a requested deadline. Next, data from the client is stored by the scheduler in a database. The scheduler then determines times and a sequence for processing the requests based on requested deadlines in the requests and based on current states of resources within the portable computing device. The scheduler then communicates the requests to the resources at the determined times and according to the determined sequence. The scheduler, at its discretion, may schedule a request after its requested deadline in response to receiving a new request command from a client. The scheduler may allow a sleep set corresponding to a sleep processor state to power off a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Norman S. Gargash, Grady L. Caraway, Vinod Vijayarajan, Tracy A. Ulmer, Joshua H. Stubbs, Andrew J. Frantz, Gabriel Watkins
  • Publication number: 20130080816
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices configured to add synchronization to the entry and exit from low power modes in asynchronous operating systems on a multiprocessor system. A synchronizing agent tracks the requested sleep and wake up times of the different asynchronous operating systems executing on different cores of the same system on chip or multicore processor. The sleep/wake up times of some cores/operating systems may be delayed in order to synchronize the sleep/wake up times of two or more of the asynchronous operating systems executing on the multiprocessor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Paul R. Johnson, Gabriel A. Watkins
  • Publication number: 20120291042
    Abstract: Resource state sets corresponding to the application states are maintained in memory. A request may be issued for a processor operating in a first application state corresponding to the first resource state set to transition to a second application state corresponding to the second resource state set. A start time to begin transitioning resources to states indicated in the second resource state set is scheduled based upon an estimated amount of processing time to complete transitioning. A process is begun by which the states of resources are switched from states indicated by the first resource state set to states indicated by the second resource state set. Scheduling the process to begin at a time that allows the process to be completed just in time for the resource states to be immediately available to the processor upon entering the second application state helps minimize adverse effects of resource latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Joshua H. Stubbs, Andrew J. Frantz, Norman S. Gargash, Gabriel A. Watkins, Grady L. Caraway