Patents by Inventor Anthony W. Rich

Anthony W. Rich 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).

  • Circuit for monitoring information on an interconnect
    Patent number: 7266728
    Abstract: A circuit for monitoring information put onto an interconnect by one or more modules, said circuit comprising circuitry for determining if the information on the interconnect matches one or more conditions; and circuitry for preventing a module from putting further information onto said interconnect if it is determined that information on the interconnect matches said one or more conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Ltd.
    Inventors: David A. Edwards, Andrew M. Jones, John A. Carey, Anthony W. Rich
  • Detection of information on an interconnect
    Patent number: 7260745
    Abstract: In a system comprising an interconnect and a plurality of modules connected to said interconnect for putting information onto the interconnect, a circuit comprising circuitry for receiving at least part of said of said information; circuitry for determining if said at least part of said information satisfies one or more conditions; and circuitry for performing one or more actions in response to the determination that at least part of the information satisfies one or more conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Ltd.
    Inventors: David A. Edwards, Andrew M. Jones, Anthony W. Rich
  • Circuit for storing information
    Patent number: 6349371
    Abstract: In a system comprising an interconnect and a plurality of modules connected to the interconnect, a circuit for controlling which of said modules is able to put information onto said interconnect, said circuit comprising a store which stores status information for each module, said status information defining if the respective module is permitted to put information on said interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Bernard Ramanadin, David A. Edwards, Andrew M. Jones, John A. Carey, Anthony W. Rich
  • System and method for capturing information on an interconnect in an integrated circuit
    Patent number: 6298394
    Abstract: A circuit for use in a system comprising a plurality of modules connected to an interconnect, said modules being arranged to put information onto said interconnect, said circuit comprising circuitry for determining if information on the interconnect satisfies one or more conditions; and circuitry for storing at least part of the information which satisfies the one or more conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Ltd.
    Inventors: David A. Edwards, Andrew M. Jones, Anthony W. Rich