Patents by Inventor Arnold S. Liu
Arnold S. Liu 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).
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Patent number: 11860796Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide techniques to manage drivers in a user space in a data processing system. One embodiment provides a data processing system configured perform operations, comprising discovering a hardware device communicatively coupled to the communication bus, launching a user space driver daemon, establishing an inter-process communication (IPC) link between a first proxy interface for the user space driver daemon and a second proxy interface for a server process in a kernel space, receiving, at the first proxy interface, an access right to enable access to a memory buffer in the kernel space, and relaying an access request for the memory buffer from the user space driver daemon via a third-party proxy interface to enable the user space driver daemon to access the memory buffer, the access request based on the access right.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeremy C. Andrus, Joseph R. Auricchio, Russell A. Blaine, Daniel A. Chimene, Simon M. Douglas, Landon J. Fuller, Yevgen Goryachok, John K. Kim-Biggs, Arnold S. Liu, James M. Magee, Daniel A. Steffen, Roberto G. Yepez
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Patent number: 11205021Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to securing an accessory interface on a computing device. In various embodiments, a computing device detects a connection of an accessory device to an accessory interface port and, in response to the detected connection, evaluates a policy defining one or more criteria for restricting unauthorized access to the accessory interface port. Based on the evaluating, the computing device determines whether to disable the accessory interface port to prevent communication with the connected accessory device. In some embodiments, the computing device includes an interconnect coupled between the processor and the accessory interface port, and the interconnect includes a hub circuit configured to facilitate communication between a plurality of devices via the interconnect. In some embodiments, the computing device, in response to determining to disable the accessory interface port, instructs the hub circuit to prevent traffic from being conveyed from the accessory interface port.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Loukas Kalenderidis, Ivan Krstic, Brian J. Dawbin, Filip Stoklas, Carmen A. Bovalino, III, Shyam S. Toprani, Christopher B. Zimmermann, Libor Sykora, Arnold S. Liu, Lucia E. Ballard
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Publication number: 20210365389Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide techniques to manage drivers in a user space in a data processing system. One embodiment provides a data processing system configured perform operations, comprising discovering a hardware device communicatively coupled to the communication bus, launching a user space driver daemon, establishing an inter-process communication (IPC) link between a first proxy interface for the user space driver daemon and a second proxy interface for a server process in a kernel space, receiving, at the first proxy interface, an access right to enable access to a memory buffer in the kernel space, and relaying an access request for the memory buffer from the user space driver daemon via a third-party proxy interface to enable the user space driver daemon to access the memory buffer, the access request based on the access right.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Jeremy C. ANDRUS, Joseph R. Auricchio, Russell A. BLAINE, Daniel A. CHIMENE, Simon M. DOUGLAS, Landon J. FULLER, Yevgen GORYACHOK, John K. KIM-BIGGS, Arnold S. LIU, James M. MAGEE, Daniel A. STEFFEN, Roberto G. YEPEZ
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Patent number: 11086800Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide techniques to manage drivers in a user space in a data processing system. One embodiment provides a data processing system configured perform operations, comprising discovering a hardware device communicatively coupled to the communication bus, launching a user space driver daemon, establishing an inter-process communication (IPC) link between a first proxy interface for the user space driver daemon and a second proxy interface for a server process in a kernel space, receiving, at the first proxy interface, an access right to enable access to a memory buffer in the kernel space, and relaying an access request for the memory buffer from the user space driver daemon via a third-party proxy interface to enable the user space driver daemon to access the memory buffer, the access request based on the access right.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeremy C. Andrus, Joseph R. Auricchio, Russell A. Blaine, Daniel A. Chimene, Simon M. Douglas, Landon J. Fuller, Yevgen Goryachok, John K. Kim-Biggs, Arnold S. Liu, James M. Magee, Daniel A. Steffen, Roberto G. Yepez
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Publication number: 20200379925Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide techniques to manage drivers in a user space in a data processing system. One embodiment provides a data processing system configured perform operations, comprising discovering a hardware device communicatively coupled to the communication bus, launching a user space driver daemon, establishing an inter-process communication (IPC) link between a first proxy interface for the user space driver daemon and a second proxy interface for a server process in a kernel space, receiving, at the first proxy interface, an access right to enable access to a memory buffer in the kernel space, and relaying an access request for the memory buffer from the user space driver daemon via a third-party proxy interface to enable the user space driver daemon to access the memory buffer, the access request based on the access right.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Jeremy C. Andrus, Joseph R. Auricchio, Russell A. Blaine, Daniel A. Chimene, Simon M. Douglas, Landon J. Fuller, Yevgen Goryachok, John K. Kim-Biggs, Arnold S. Liu, James M. Magee, Daniel A. Steffen, Roberto G. Yepez
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Publication number: 20200233984Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to securing an accessory interface on a computing device. In various embodiments, a computing device detects a connection of an accessory device to an accessory interface port and, in response to the detected connection, evaluates a policy defining one or more criteria for restricting unauthorized access to the accessory interface port. Based on the evaluating, the computing device determines whether to disable the accessory interface port to prevent communication with the connected accessory device. In some embodiments, the computing device includes an interconnect coupled between the processor and the accessory interface port, and the interconnect includes a hub circuit configured to facilitate communication between a plurality of devices via the interconnect. In some embodiments, the computing device, in response to determining to disable the accessory interface port, instructs the hub circuit to prevent traffic from being conveyed from the accessory interface port.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2019Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Loukas Kalenderidis, Ivan Krstic, Brian J. Dawbin, Filip Stoklas, Carmen A. Bovalino, III, Shyam S. Toprani, Christopher B. Zimmermann, Libor Sykora, Arnold S. Liu, Lucia E. Ballard