Patents by Inventor Andrea Acquaviva

Andrea Acquaviva 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 and system for enabling access to functionality provided by resources outside of an operating system environment
    Patent number: 9063805
    Abstract: A method for enabling access to functionality provided by resources outside of an operating system environment is provided. The method includes: receiving a call for functionality provided by resources outside of the operating system environment; and copying function parameters from within the received call to an area of memory accessible to the resources outside of the operating system environment that provide the called functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: John Ralston, Andrea Acquaviva
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING ACCESS TO FUNCTIONALITY PROVIDED BY RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120227056
    Abstract: A method for enabling access to functionality provided by resources outside of an operating system environment is provided. The method includes: receiving a call for functionality provided by resources outside of the operating system environment; and copying function parameters from within the received call to an area of memory accessible to the resources outside of the operating system environment that provide the called functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: John Ralston, Andrea Acquaviva
  • Application-driven method and apparatus for limiting power consumption in a processor-controlled hardware platform
    Patent number: 7272730
    Abstract: An improvement in a real time operating system for supporting at least one application, a processor and at least one hardware resource. The operating system includes a power manager layer. Such power manager layer is arranged to exchange information with an application, the processor and at least one hardware resource to provide real time power management responsive to the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrea Acquaviva, Luca Benini, Tajana S. Rosing