Patents by Inventor Flavio Gajo

Flavio Gajo 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).

  • Embedded protocol selection technique, related interface and computer program product
    Patent number: 7890666
    Abstract: A protocol-based communication between a host device (e.g., MP3 player, digital camera, palmtop, etc.) and an interface (e.g., flash mass storage card) is established automatically by providing protocol-supporting facilities in the interface, each facility supporting communication with the host device based on a respective protocol, by sending a query message from the host device to the interface specifying at least one protocol for use in protocol-based communication, by searching, within the plurality of protocol-supporting facilities provided in the interface one protocol-supporting facility supporting the protocol proposed in the query message, and if such protocol-supporting facility is found within the plurality of protocol-supporting facilities provided in the interface, by setting up the protocol-based communication between the host device and the interface based on the protocol proposed in the query message issued from the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Flavio Gajo, Francesco Sforza, Stefania Stucchi, Loris Giuseppe Navoni, Michele Borgatti
  • EMBEDDED PROTOCOL SELECTION TECHNIQUE, RELATED INTERFACE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20070073893
    Abstract: A protocol-based communication between a host device (e.g., MP3 player, digital camera, palmtop, etc.) and an interface (e.g., flash mass storage card) is established automatically by providing protocol-supporting facilities in the interface, each facility supporting communication with the host device based on a respective protocol, by sending a query message from the host device to the interface specifying at least one protocol for use in protocol-based communication, by searching, within the plurality of protocol-supporting facilities provided in the interface one protocol-supporting facility supporting the protocol proposed in the query message, and if such protocol-supporting facility is found within the plurality of protocol-supporting facilities provided in the interface, by setting up the protocol-based communication between the host device and the interface based on the protocol proposed in the query message issued from the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Flavio Gajo, Francesco Sforza, Stefania Stucchi, Loris Navoni, Michele Borgatti