Patents by Inventor Darren Jones

Darren Jones 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: 7442259
    Abstract: A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuration wherein the cloth is retracted substantially into the cover member, and a second configuration wherein the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member without becoming detached therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Patent number: 7416610
    Abstract: A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuration wherein the cloth is retracted substantially into the cover member, and a second configuration wherein the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member without becoming detached therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Alpine Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Patent number: 7413614
    Abstract: A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuration wherein the cloth is retracted substantially into the cover member, and a second configuration wherein the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member without becoming detached therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Alpine Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Publication number: 20080166384
    Abstract: A stethoscope head cover configured to envelop a head of a stethoscope includes a cover member with a cavity therein. The cover member includes first and second openings. The first opening has a size sufficient to slidably engage a cord associated with the head of the stethoscope, and the second opening has a size sufficient to allow the head of the stethoscope to be extended therethrough. A stethoscope head cover with a cavity therein and a first opening having a size sufficient to allow the head of the stethoscope to be extended therethrough. The head cover can further include a biocidal environment within the cavity of the cover member. A method of sanitizing a stethoscope head includes providing a stethoscope head cover having a biocidal environment within a cavity of the stethoscope, and engaging a stethoscope head with the stethoscope head cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Publication number: 20080155709
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 781000G. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 781000G. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 781000G and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 781000G with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Darren Jones, James F. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20080011324
    Abstract: A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuration wherein the cloth is retracted substantially into the cover member, and a second configuration wherein the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member without becoming detached therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Publication number: 20070295358
    Abstract: A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuration wherein the cloth is retracted substantially into the cover member, and a second configuration wherein the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member without becoming detached therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Publication number: 20070209678
    Abstract: A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuration wherein the cloth is retracted substantially into the cover member, and a second configuration wherein the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member without becoming detached therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Publication number: 20070209679
    Abstract: A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuration wherein the cloth is retracted substantially into the cover member, and a second configuration wherein the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member without becoming detached therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Publication number: 20070209680
    Abstract: A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuration wherein the cloth is retracted substantially into the cover member, and a second configuration wherein the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member without becoming detached therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Publication number: 20070192567
    Abstract: A configurable coprocessor interface between a central processing unit (CPU) and a coprocessor is provided. The coprocessor interface has an instruction transfer signal group for transferring different instruction types from the CPU to the coprocessor, sequentially or in parallel, a busy signal group, for allowing the coprocessor to signal the CPU that it cannot receive a transfer of one or more of the different instruction types, and an instruction order signal group for indicating to the coprocessor a relative execution order for multiple instructions that are transferred in parallel. In addition, the coprocessor interface includes separate data transfer signal groups for data being transferred from the CPU to the coprocessor, and for data being transferred from the coprocessor to the CPU, along with a data order signal group for indicating a relative order of data (if transferred out-of-order).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Hudepohl, Darren Jones, Radhika Thekkath, Franz Treue
  • Patent number: 7178193
    Abstract: A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuration wherein the cloth is retracted substantially into the cover member, and a second configuration wherein the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member without becoming detached therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Alpine Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Publication number: 20060259738
    Abstract: A configurable coprocessor interface between a central processing unit (CPU) and a coprocessor is provided. The coprocessor interface has an instruction transfer signal group for transferring different instruction types from the CPU to the coprocessor, sequentially or in parallel, a busy signal group, for allowing the coprocessor to signal the CPU that it cannot receive a transfer of one or more of the different instruction types, and an instruction order signal group for indicating to the coprocessor a relative execution order for multiple instructions that are transferred in parallel. In addition, the coprocessor interface includes separate data transfer signal groups for data being transferred from the CPU to the coprocessor, and for data being transferred from the coprocessor to the CPU, along with a data order signal group for indicating a relative order of data (if transferred out-of-order).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Hudepohl, Darren Jones, Radhika Thekkath, Franz Treue
  • Publication number: 20060236136
    Abstract: A processor comprises a processor core executing multiple threads. A bifurcated thread scheduler includes an internal processor core component and an external processor core component. The bifurcated thread scheduler identifies when all of the multiple threads are blocked and thereafter automatically enters a default low power sleep mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Publication number: 20060236135
    Abstract: A processor comprises a software control module specifying a power performance metric. A policy manager is responsive to the software control module. A dispatch scheduler is responsive to the policy manager to operate the processor in accordance with the power performance metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Publication number: 20060179280
    Abstract: An apparatus for scheduling dispatch of instructions among a plurality of threads being concurrently executed in a multithreading processor is provided. The apparatus includes an instruction decoder that generate register usage information for an instruction from each of the threads, a priority generator that generates a priority for each instruction based on the register usage information and state information of instructions currently executing in an execution pipeline, and selection logic that dispatches at least one instruction from at least one thread based on the priority of the instructions. The priority indicates the likelihood the instruction will execute in the execution pipeline without stalling. For example, an instruction may have a high priority if it has little or no register dependencies or its data is known to be available; or may have a low priority if it has strong register dependencies or is an uncacheable or synchronized storage space load instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jensen, Darren Jones, Ryan Kinter, Sanjay Vishin
  • Patent number: D537288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Patent number: D547448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Alpine Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Darren Jones, James Grosslight
  • Patent number: D580161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Alpine Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Darren Jones
  • Patent number: D580167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Alpine Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Darren Jones