Patents by Inventor Kent Bruce Waterson

Kent Bruce Waterson 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: 6415343
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically assigning and enabling a unique functional address for a Universal Serial Bus device. A host assigns the unique functional address during a control transaction. The Universal Serial Bus device disables the default address and enables the unique functional address during a status stage of the control transaction to avoid an error window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: National Semicondoctor Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Fensore, Kent Bruce Waterson, Gregory Lewis Dean, Robert Macomber
  • Patent number: 6353866
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically assigning and enabling a unique functional address for a Universal Serial Bus device. A host assigns the unique functional address during a control transaction. The Universal Serial Bus device disables the default address and enables the unique functional address during a status stage of the control transaction to avoid an error window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Fensore, Kent Bruce Waterson, Gregory Lewis Dean, Robert Macomber
  • Publication number: 20020023189
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically assigning and enabling a unique functional address for a Universal Serial Bus device. A host assigns the unique functional address during a control transaction. The Universal Serial Bus device disables the default address and enables the unique functional address during a status stage of the control transaction to avoid an error window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: David J. Fensore, Kent Bruce Waterson, Gregory Lewis Dean, Robert Macomber
  • Patent number: 6205501
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a control transfer on a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device. A USB device includes a memory space for reading and writing data transmitted over a USB network. The memory space is shared between a plurality of endpoints. A host initiates a control transfer by transmitting a SETUP token to a first endpoint. The endpoint must accept the SETUP token. If the first endpoint does not expect the SETUP token, or if another endpoint is active, the device stores the token until a buffer is allocated and the first endpoint is made active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: David Brief, David J. Fensore, Kent Bruce Waterson, Gregory Lewis Dean
  • Patent number: 6157975
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a programming interface to a Universal Serial Bus Device. The programming interface is partitioned so that an external controller does not handle intermediate transfers such as packet retry, handshake packets or intermediate response to error conditions. The programming model consists of a number of endpoint pipes, each of which can be configured to provide one of several functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: David Brief, Kent Bruce Waterson
  • Patent number: 5754764
    Abstract: Input/output and local area network functions are combined into a single integrated circuit on a single semiconductor (e.g., a single piece of silicon). Preferred system embodiments on a single integrated circuit are typically placed inside a host system (e.g., a personal computer based on Intel.RTM.'s 286, 386, 486, and Pentium microprocessors) and interrelate with standard operating systems (e.g., Microsoft.RTM.'s DOS, IBM.RTM.'s OS/2) on traditional, commonly used bus architectures (e.g., Industry Standard Architecture and Enhanced Industry Standard). Local area network circuitry and input and output circuitry are both coupled to at least one host system (and indirectly to potentially any number of host systems tied together via the local area network system) via a common data bus. The input and output circuitry couples the host system to at least one input/output channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Davis, Roman Baker, Dan E. Daugherty, Martin S. Michael, Ahmed Masood, Kent Bruce Waterson, Hon C. Fung, Mark Douglas Koether, J. Scott Johnson