Patents by Inventor Jesse R. Lyles

Jesse R. Lyles 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).

  • Firmware flashing of a portable device using a serial bus hub
    Patent number: 8601203
    Abstract: System and method for configuring a portable device. The portable device includes a serial bus hub, one or more processors coupled to the serial bus hub via a serial bus, and a flash memory coupled to the serial bus hub via the serial bus. A degraded signal is received to a serial bus hub included in the portable device via a serial bus, where the degraded signal includes code to be written to the flash memory to initialize or update firmware for the portable device. The serial bus hub restores the degraded signal, thereby generating a restored signal, and sends the restored signal to at least one of the one or more processors to initialize or update the firmware in the flash memory for the portable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Standard Microsystems Corporation
    Inventors: Richard W. Holbrook, Jesse R. Lyles
  • Firmware Flashing of a Portable Device Using a Serial Bus Hub
    Publication number: 20110225349
    Abstract: System and method for configuring a portable device. The portable device includes a serial bus hub, one or more processors coupled to the serial bus hub via a serial bus, and a flash memory coupled to the serial bus hub via the serial bus. A degraded signal is received to a serial bus hub included in the portable device via a serial bus, where the degraded signal includes code to be written to the flash memory to initialize or update firmware for the portable device. The serial bus hub restores the degraded signal, thereby generating a restored signal, and sends the restored signal to at least one of the one or more processors to initialize or update the firmware in the flash memory for the portable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Richard W. Holbrook, Jesse R. Lyles