Patents by Inventor Brian Charles Coyne

Brian Charles Coyne 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).

  • Sideband serial channel for PCI express peripheral devices
    Patent number: 9916273
    Abstract: Obtaining data about a peripheral device deployed in a computing environment. A method includes transmitting a primary data stream across a shared communication channel between the peripheral device and a host hosting the peripheral device. The method further includes transmitting on the shared communication channel, a secondary state information stream of consecutively occurring messages with peripheral device state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher James Robinson, Laura Marie Caulfield, Brian Charles Coyne, Mukesh Cooblal, Mark Alan Santaniello
  • Sideband Serial Channel for PCI Express Peripheral Devices
    Publication number: 20170010995
    Abstract: Obtaining data about a peripheral device deployed in a computing environment. A method includes transmitting a primary data stream across a shared communication channel between the peripheral device and a host hosting the peripheral device. The method further includes transmitting on the shared communication channel, a secondary state information stream of consecutively occurring messages with peripheral device state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher James Robinson, Laura Marie Caulfield, Brian Charles Coyne, Mukesh Cooblal, Mark Alan Santaniello