Patents by Inventor Daniel Littrell

Daniel Littrell 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: 8412974
    Abstract: A circuit generates a global clock signal with a pulse width modification to synchronize processors in a parallel computing system. The circuit may include a hardware module and a clock splitter. The hardware module may generate a clock signal and performs a pulse width modification on the clock signal. The pulse width modification changes a pulse width within a clock period in the clock signal. The clock splitter may distribute the pulse width modified clock signal to a plurality of processors in the parallel computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Chen, Matthew R. Ellavsky, Ross L. Franke, Alan Gara, Thomas M. Gooding, Rudolf A. Haring, Mark J. Jeanson, Gerard V. Kopcsay, Thomas A. Liebsch, Daniel Littrell, Martin Ohmacht, Don D. Reed, Brandon E. Schenck, Richard A. Swetz
  • Publication number: 20110119475
    Abstract: A circuit generates a global clock signal with a pulse width modification to synchronize processors in a parallel computing system. The circuit may include a hardware module and a clock splitter. The hardware module may generate a clock signal and performs a pulse width modification on the clock signal. The pulse width modification changes a pulse width within a clock period in the clock signal. The clock splitter may distribute the pulse width modified clock signal to a plurality of processors in the parallel computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Chen, Matthew R. Ellavsky, Ross L. Franke, Alan Gara, Thomas M. Gooding, Rudolf A. Haring, Mark J. Jeanson, Gerard V. Kopcsay, Thomas A. Liebsch, Daniel Littrell, Martin Ohmacht, Don D. Reed, Brandon E. Schenck, Richard A. Swetz
  • Publication number: 20070247392
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing users to view secure data while excluding others from viewing. The method includes generating a stream of first data frames including secure data content to be viewed on a display device; inserting second data frames within the stream in a manner to thereby render a displayed image of the secure data unreadable on the display device. Shutter glasses, to be worn by an authorized user, are provided to receive signals from the computer device and, in response to received signals, filter out the second data frames thus enabling the viewer to view the secure data to the exclusion of nearby observers. The second frames are generated and interspersed within the first video frames having secure data by software executing on a conventional computing device. The second frames may include random text interspersed according to a regular or irregular pattern, or may include color and intensities to exploit deficiencies of human visual perception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daniel Littrell