Patents by Inventor Kwok P. Hui

Kwok P. Hui 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).

  • Stand-by mode transitioning
    Patent number: 8634025
    Abstract: A device for rapidly instituting an active mode of a digital-television enabled system, the system including a first, volatile memory configured to load and store software instructions, includes: an input configured to receive first digital audio and video information; a first output configured to convey second audio and information toward a display regarding the first audio and video information; at least one second output configured to convey commands to, and receive information from, the first memory; and a processor configured to perform functions in accordance with software instructions stored in first and second memories and to cause the first memory to load software instructions for provision to the processor such that first instructions for processing at least one of the first audio information and the first video information are loaded and stored by the first memory with a higher priority than second instructions for performing other functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignees: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Kwok P. Hui, Ilya Klebanov
  • STAND-BY MODE TRANSITIONING
    Publication number: 20120038835
    Abstract: A device for rapidly instituting an active mode of a digital-television enabled system, the system including a first, volatile memory configured to load and store software instructions, includes: an input configured to receive first digital audio and video information; a first output configured to convey second audio and information toward a display regarding the first audio and video information; at least one second output configured to convey commands to, and receive information from, the first memory; and a processor configured to perform functions in accordance with software instructions stored in first and second memories and to cause the first memory to load software instructions for provision to the processor such that first instructions for processing at least one of the first audio information and the first video information are loaded and stored by the first memory with a higher priority than second instructions for performing other functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Ilya Klebanov, Kwok P. Hui
  • Stand-by mode transitioning
    Patent number: 8004617
    Abstract: A device for rapidly instituting an active mode of a digital-television enabled system, the system including a first, volatile memory configured to load and store software instructions, includes: an input configured to receive first digital audio and video information; a first output configured to convey second audio and information toward a display regarding the first audio and video information; at least one second output configured to convey commands to, and receive information from, the first memory; and a processor configured to perform functions in accordance with software instructions stored in first and second memories and to cause the first memory to load software instructions for provision to the processor such that first instructions for processing at least one of the first audio information and the first video information are loaded and stored by the first memory with a higher priority than second instructions for performing other functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Ilya Klebanov, Kwok P. Hui
  • Stand-by mode transitioning
    Publication number: 20080060041
    Abstract: A device for rapidly instituting an active mode of a digital-television enabled system, the system including a first, volatile memory configured to load and store software instructions, includes: an input configured to receive first digital audio and video information; a first output configured to convey second audio and information toward a display regarding the first audio and video information; at least one second output configured to convey commands to, and receive information from, the first memory; and a processor configured to perform functions in accordance with software instructions stored in first and second memories and to cause the first memory to load software instructions for provision to the processor such that first instructions for processing at least one of the first audio information and the first video information are loaded and stored by the first memory with a higher priority than second instructions for performing other functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Ilya Klebanov, Kwok P. Hui