Patents by Inventor Asaf Schushan

Asaf Schushan 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).

  • Bypassing security authentication scheme on a lost device to return the device to the owner
    Patent number: 10257709
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for bypassing device security protections to communicate with a contact of a secure device. The method displays a selectable user interface object on the device enabling a user to bypass the security protections of the device. Upon receiving a selection of the user interface object, the method initiates a communication to a contact that is preselected from a list of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Asaf Schushan
  • BYPASSING SECURITY AUTHENTICATION SCHEME ON A LOST DEVICE TO RETURN THE DEVICE TO THE OWNER
    Publication number: 20180063717
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for bypassing device security protections to communicate with a contact of a secure device. The method displays a selectable user interface object on the device enabling a user to bypass the security protections of the device. Upon receiving a selection of the user interface object, the method initiates a communication to a contact that is preselected from a list of contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Asaf Schushan
  • Efficient suspend-resume operation in memory devices
    Patent number: 9779038
    Abstract: A method includes executing a first memory access operation in a memory. A progress indication, which is indicative of a progress of execution of the first memory access operation, is obtained from the memory. Based on the progress indication, a decision is made whether to suspend the execution of the first memory access operation in order to execute a second memory access operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yoav Kasorla, Asaf Schushan, Asaf Vega, Eyal Gurgi, Shai Ojalvo
  • Bypassing security authentication scheme on a lost device to return the device to the owner
    Patent number: 9763098
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for bypassing device security protections to communicate with a contact of a secure device. The method displays a selectable user interface object on the device enabling a user to bypass the security protections of the device. Upon receiving a selection of the user interface object, the method initiates a communication to a contact that is preselected from a list of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Asaf Schushan
  • Parallel status polling of multiple memory devices
    Patent number: 9336112
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to communicate with multiple memory devices over a bus that includes a plurality of parallel data lines. The processor is configured to request the memory devices to provide respective status reports, and to receive the status reports from the memory devices such that, in a given clock cycle of the bus, the multiple status reports from the respective memory devices are received in parallel over respective different subsets of the data lines of the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Asaf Schushan, Barak Rotbard
  • EFFICIENT SUSPEND-RESUME OPERATION IN MEMORY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140215175
    Abstract: A method includes executing a first memory access operation in a memory. A progress indication, which is indicative of a progress of execution of the first memory access operation, is obtained from the memory. Based on the progress indication, a decision is made whether to suspend the execution of the first memory access operation in order to execute a second memory access operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yoav Kasorla, Asaf Schushan, Asaf Vega, Eyal Gurgi, Shai Ojalvo
  • BYPASSING SECURITY AUTHENTICATION SCHEME ON A LOST DEVICE TO RETURN THE DEVICE TO THE OWNER
    Publication number: 20140199966
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for bypassing device security protections to communicate with a contact of a secure device. The method displays a selectable user interface object on the device enabling a user to bypass the security protections of the device. Upon receiving a selection of the user interface object, the method initiates a communication to a contact that is preselected from a list of contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Asaf Schushan
  • REFRESHING OF MEMORY BLOCKS USING ADAPTIVE READ DISTURB THRESHOLD
    Publication number: 20140173239
    Abstract: A method includes storing data in a memory that includes multiple memory blocks. A level of distortion that affects a given memory block of the memory is estimated. An adaptive read disturb threshold is set for the given memory block as a function of the estimated level of distortion. Upon detecting that a number of read operations performed in the given memory block exceeds the read disturb threshold, the data stored in the memory block is copied to an alternative storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Asaf Schushan
  • PARALLEL STATUS POLLING OF MULTIPLE MEMORY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130339555
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to communicate with multiple memory devices over a bus that includes a plurality of parallel data lines. The processor is configured to request the memory devices to provide respective status reports, and to receive the status reports from the memory devices such that, in a given clock cycle of the bus, the multiple status reports from the respective memory devices are received in parallel over respective different subsets of the data lines of the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Asaf Schushan, Barak Rotbard
  • STATUS POLLING OF MEMORY DEVICES USING AN INDEPENDENT STATUS BUS
    Publication number: 20130339638
    Abstract: Apparatus includes multiple memory devices and a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to store and retrieve data by communicating with the memory devices over a first bus interface, and to query a status of the memory devices by communicating with the memory devices over a second bus interface that is separate from the first bus interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Tal Lazmi, Asaf Schushan, Asaf Bart
  • Transmitter and method thereon
    Patent number: 6946981
    Abstract: Briefly, an apparatus that may include scrambler to scramble data bits and control bit and filters to filter the scrambled data bits and control bits. The apparatus may also include a processor to adjust the gains of the filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shiri Zilberman, Asaf Schushan, Yaron Aharoni, Doron Rainish
  • System and method for reducing power consumption in waiting mode
    Patent number: 6411830
    Abstract: A timer for measuring a time period including a high frequency generating unit, a low frequency generating unit and a controller connected to the high and low frequency generating units, wherein the controller deactivates the high frequency generating unit during at least a portion of the time period, detects and counts predetermined portions of the signals provided by the high and low frequency generating units and counts a plurality of the portions of the currently active frequency generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: D.S.P.C. Technologies Ltd
    Inventors: Ram Alon, David Ben-Eli, Asaf Schushan, Yona Leshets
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN WAITING MODE
    Publication number: 20010053681
    Abstract: A timer for measuring a time period including a high frequency generating unit, a low frequency generating unit and a controller connected to the high and low frequency generating units, wherein the controller deactivates the high frequency generating unit during at least a portion of the time period, detects and counts predetermined portions of the signals provided by the high and low frequency generating units and counts a plurality of the portions of the currently active frequency generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: RAM ALON, DAVID BEN-ELI, ASAF SCHUSHAN, YONA LESHETS
  • System and method for reducing power consumption in waiting mode
    Patent number: 6176611
    Abstract: A timer for measuring a time period including a high frequency generating unit, a low frequency generating unit and a controller connected to the high and low frequency generating units, wherein the controller deactivates the high frequency generating unit during at least a portion of the time period, detects and counts predetermined portions of the signals provided by the high and low frequency generating units and counts a plurality of the portions of the currently active frequency generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: D.S.P.C. Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Asaf Schushan, Yona Leshets