Patents by Inventor Brian Parten

Brian Parten 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).

  • Multi-channel peripheral interconnect supporting simultaneous video and bus protocols
    Patent number: 9940277
    Abstract: A method includes generating, by a control unit of a first device, a handshaking signal to be transmitted to a second device via a second channel. The method further includes based on the handshaking signal being acknowledged by the second device, configuring, by the control unit, the second channel to communicate non-display data and configuring a first channel connecting the first device to the second device to selectively communicate either display data or non-display data; and based on the handshaking signal being not acknowledged by the second device, configuring, by the control unit, the first channel to communicate display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brian Parten, Yoon Lee, Brian Quach, Lee Myers, Wesley Ray, Win Maung
  • MULTI-CHANNEL PERIPHERAL INTERCONNECT SUPPORTING SIMULTANEOUS VIDEO AND BUS PROTOCOLS
    Publication number: 20180011810
    Abstract: A method includes generating, by a control unit of a first device, a handshaking signal to be transmitted to a second device via a second channel. The method further includes based on the handshaking signal being acknowledged by the second device, configuring, by the control unit, the second channel to communicate non-display data and configuring a first channel connecting the first device to the second device to selectively communicate either display data or non-display data; and based on the handshaking signal being not acknowledged by the second device, configuring, by the control unit, the first channel to communicate display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Parten, Yoon Lee, Brian Quach, Lee Myers, Wesley Ray, Win Maung
  • Multi-channel peripheral interconnect supporting simultaneous video and bus protocols
    Patent number: 9772965
    Abstract: A method includes generating, by a control unit of a first device, a handshaking signal to be transmitted to a second device via a second channel. The method further includes based on the handshaking signal being acknowledged by the second device, configuring, by the control unit, the second channel to communicate non-display data and configuring a first channel connecting the first device to the second device to selectively communicate either display data or non-display data; and based on the handshaking signal being not acknowledged by the second device, configuring, by the control unit, the first channel to communicate display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brian Parten, Yoon Lee, Brian Quach, Lee Myers, Wesley Ray, Win Maung
  • MULTI-CHANNEL PERIPHERAL INTERCONNECT SUPPORTING SIMULTANEOUS VIDEO AND BUS PROTOCOLS
    Publication number: 20140297898
    Abstract: A method includes generating, by a control unit of a first device, a handshaking signal to be transmitted to a second device via a second channel. The method further includes based on the handshaking signal being acknowledged by the second device, configuring, by the control unit, the second channel to communicate non-display data and configuring a first channel connecting the first device to the second device to selectively communicate either display data or non-display data; and based on the handshaking signal being not acknowledged by the second device, configuring, by the control unit, the first channel to communicate display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Brian Parten, Yoon Lee, Brian Quach, Lee Myers, Wesley Ray, Win Maung