Patents by Inventor Danny Lee Secrest

Danny Lee Secrest 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).

  • RFID access method using an indirect memory pointer
    Patent number: 8957763
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory in an RFID application includes locating a memory pointer at a fixed read/writeable memory location in the memory, determining a range of a pedigree buffer, initializing the memory pointer to a lowest value in the range, providing a second memory location that serves as a trigger address for an indirect write, and writing to a next location in the pedigree buffer by directing write data to the trigger address, which is then automatically written at a location pointed to by the memory pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Whitaker, Danny Lee Secrest
  • RFID ACCESS METHOD USING AN INDIRECT MEMORY POINTER
    Publication number: 20120007722
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory in an RFID application includes locating a memory pointer at a fixed read/writeable memory location in the memory, determining a range of a pedigree buffer, initializing the memory pointer to a lowest value in the range, providing a second memory location that serves as a trigger address for an indirect write, and writing to a next location in the pedigree buffer by directing write data to the trigger address, which is then automatically written at a location pointed to by the memory pointer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark R. Whitaker, Danny Lee Secrest