Patents by Inventor Allen B. Thor

Allen B. Thor 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: 6266715
    Abstract: A universal serial bus (USB) device or host provides a universal serial bus (USB) controller with a direct memory access (DMA) mode. In a DMA mode, a universal serial bus (USB) transmit endpoint may be programmed for a direct memory access (DMA) transmit channel, or a universal serial bus (USB) receive endpoint may be programmed for a direct memory access (DMA) receive channel. For a USB device, a DMA transmit channel performs data transfer to a universal serial bus (USB) host, and a DMA receive channel handles data transfer from the USB host. For a USB host, a DMA transmit channel performs data transfer to the USB device, and a DMA receive channel handles data transfer from the USB device. A universal serial bus transmit protocol and a universal serial bus receive protocol for the DMA mode of the USB controller permit a maximum packet size of universal serial bus (USB) data to be programmed to a value greater than the physical size of a USB transmit or receive buffer of a USB transmit or receive endpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Loyer, Daniel B. Reents, Allen B. Thor
  • Patent number: 5199074
    Abstract: A communication system transmits and receives encrypted digital signal samples. The system includes a generator for generating digital signal samples to be encrypted and an encryption memory for storing the encrypted digital signal samples. The digital signal samples address the encryption memory which provides the encrypted digital signal samples responsive to the digital signal samples. The system further includes a transmitter for transmitting the encrypted digital signal samples and a receiver for receiving the encrypted digital signal samples. The system further includes a decryption memory for storing the digital signal samples at storage locations complimentary to the encrypted digital signal sample storage locations of the encryption memory. The encrypted digital signal samples address the decryption memory to cause the decryption memory to provide the digital signal samples responsive to the encrypted digital signal samples for reproducing the original digital signal samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Allen B. Thor