Patents by Inventor Christopher N. Bradley

Christopher N. Bradley 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).

  • PCIe SMBus slave address self-selection
    Patent number: 9355053
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe an apparatus, system and method for slave devices to “self-select” their own Inter-Integrated Circuit/System Management Bus (I2C/SMBus) slave addresses upon initialization. Embodiments of the invention describe logic/modules to retrieve a first SMBus slave address included in non-volatile memory for a slave device, wherein said slave device is communicatively coupled to a host system via an SMBus. A first message (e.g., a ping) is transmitted to the first SMBus slave address via the SMBus. If a response to the first message is not received, the first SMBus slave address is selected for the slave device. If a response to the first message is received, the first SMBus slave address is changed by an offset value to determine a second SMBus slave address for transmitting a second message via the SMBus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher N. Bradley
  • PCIE SMBUS SLAVE ADDRESS SELF-SELECTION
    Publication number: 20130275647
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe an apparatus, system and method for slave devices to “self-select” their own Inter-Integrated Circuit/System Management Bus (I2C/SMBus) slave addresses upon initialization. Embodiments of the invention describe logic/modules to retrieve a first SMBus slave address included in non-volatile memory for a slave device, wherein said slave device is communicatively coupled to a host system via an SMBus. A first message (e.g., a ping) is transmitted to the first SMBus slave address via the SMBus. If a response to the first message is not received, the first SMBus slave address is selected for the slave device. If a response to the first message is received, the first SMBus slave address is changed by an offset value to determine a second SMBus slave address for transmitting a second message via the SMBus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Christopher N. Bradley