Patents by Inventor Bruce G. Burns

Bruce G. Burns 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).

  • Patent number: 7099328
    Abstract: An integrated circuit for processing communication packets having separate data buffers and separate state information buffers. Each data buffer and each state information buffer (hereinafter termed resources) has an associated in-use counter. Multiple events can share the same resource. The counter associated with a resource is incremented when a resource becomes associated with a particular event. The counter associated with a resource is decremented when an event completes the use of that particular resource. When the in-use counter for a resource becomes zero, the in-use counter indicates that the resource is unassigned and that the resource can be assigned to a new event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane E. Galbi, Joseph B. Tompkins, Bruce G. Burns, Daniel J. Lussier
  • Publication number: 20040202192
    Abstract: An integrated circuit for processing communication packets having separate data buffers and separate state information buffers. Each data buffer and each state information buffer (hereinafter termed resources) has an associated in-use counter. Multiple events can share the same resource. The counter associated with a resource is incremented when a resource becomes associated with a particular event. The counter associated with a resource is decremented when an event completes the use of that particular resource. When the in-use counter for a resource becomes zero, the in-use counter indicates that the resource is unassigned and that the resource can be assigned to a new event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Duane E. Galbi, Joseph B. Tompkins, Bruce G. Burns, Daniel J. Lussier
  • Publication number: 20020051460
    Abstract: An integrated circuit for processing communication packets having separate data buffers and separate state information buffers. Each data buffer and each state information buffer (hereinafter termed resources) has an associated in-use counter. Multiple events can share the same resource. The counter associated with a resource is incremented when a resource becomes associated with a particular event. The counter associated with a resource is decremented when an event completes the use of that particular resource. When the in-use counter for a resource becomes zero, the in-use counter indicates that the resource is unassigned and that the resource can be assigned to a new event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Duane E. Galbi, Joseph B. Tompkins, Bruce G. Burns, Daniel J. Lussier
  • Patent number: 4862156
    Abstract: A video computer system and methods are disclosed for displaying video graphics on a video display screen. The video computer system employs two alternative video graphics controllers. A first graphics controller is typically one that has been previously available to consumers and which also has a substantial library of graphics programs which are designed to be executed compatibly thereon. The second graphics controller is typically not compatible with the first graphics controller, and accordingly executes a second type of graphics programs which also may not be compatibly executed on the first controller. A select circuit and methods are disclosed which automatically determine the type of graphics program presented to the system, and correspondingly selects the compatible graphics controller to execute the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Atari Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Westberg, Christian S. Rode, Bruce G. Burns