Patents by Inventor Aaron Spinks

Aaron Spinks 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).

  • Method, apparatus, and system for idle state definition for power management
    Publication number: 20050238055
    Abstract: A predetermined network packet is utilized for power reduction in either or both of a transmitter and receiver when information is not needed. Upon detection of the predetermined network packet type, various portions of the transmitter and/or receiver may be clock gated or powered down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Tim Frodsham, Naveen Cherukuri, Sanjay Darbal, David Dunning, Theodore Schoenborn, Lakshminarayan Krishnamurty, Aaron Spink
  • Write combining protocol between processors and chipsets
    Publication number: 20050235067
    Abstract: Systems and methods of processing write transactions provide for combining write transactions on an input/output (I/O) hub according to a protocol between the I/O hub and a processor. Data associated with the write transactions can be flushed to an I/O device without the need for proprietary software and specialized registers within the I/O device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Creta, Aaron Spink, Lance Hacking, Sridhar Muthrasanallur, Jasmin Ajanovic