Patents by Inventor David Holmes Hartley

David Holmes Hartley 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).

  • METHOD FOR MONOTONICALLY COUNTING AND A DEVICE HAVING MONOTONIC COUNTING CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20090193527
    Abstract: A method for monotonically counting and a device having monotonically counting capabilities. The device includes: a monotonic counter, an input interface adapted to receive requests to update a value of the monotonic counter and an average request rate limiter circuit adapted to selectively reject a request if an amount of monotonic counter value updates within a predefined time window exceeded a threshold; wherein the threshold and the predefined time window are defined in response to at least one legitimate request pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Asaf Ashkenazi, David Holmes Hartley