Patents by Inventor Dheeresh Dheeresh

Dheeresh Dheeresh 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 and system for changing operation modes of an interface device
    Publication number: 20090037622
    Abstract: There is provided a system for use in a Universal Serial Bus (“USB”) device to enable switching of a mode of operation of the USB device while maintaining a physical USB connection to a host device. According to one embodiment, the system includes a port coupled to the host device via a physical USB connection. The system further includes a USB module coupled to the port via a number of USB bus lines. One of the number of USB bus lines may be coupled to the port through a tristate device. The tristate device is configured to electrically disconnect the one of the number of USB bus lines from the host device and to electrically reconnect the one of the number of USB bus lines to the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dheeresh Dheeresh, Uday Sinha