Patents by Inventor IHAB W. SAAD

IHAB W. SAAD 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).

  • Reprogramming a port controller via its own external port
    Patent number: 9606175
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for a debug tool including a debug port and a controller including logic to send, via the debug port, a debug mode request to an external port of a target device. Additionally, the target device may include a connector having the external port and a port controller coupled to the external port, wherein the port controller includes logic to detect the debug mode request via the external port, activate a program path between the external port and the port controller in response to the debug mode request, and process one or more commands received via the program path. In one example, the target device further includes a multiplexer coupled to the external port and the port controller, wherein the logic is to send a routing signal to the multiplexer to activate the program path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Trethewey, Peter S. Adamson, John J. Valavi, Anantha Narayanan, Kandasubramaniam K. Palanisamy, Ihab W. Saad
  • REPROGRAMMING A PORT CONTROLLER VIA ITS OWN EXTERNAL PORT
    Publication number: 20160187420
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for a debug tool including a debug port and a controller including logic to send, via the debug port, a debug mode request to an external port of a target device. Additionally, the target device may include a connector having the external port and a port controller coupled to the external port, wherein the port controller includes logic to detect the debug mode request via the external port, activate a program path between the external port and the port controller in response to the debug mode request, and process one or more commands received via the program path. In one example, the target device further includes a multiplexer coupled to the external port and the port controller, wherein the logic is to send a routing signal to the multiplexer to activate the program path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: JAMES R. TRETHEWEY, PETER S. ADAMSON, JOHN J. VALAVI, ANANTHA NARAYANAN, KANDASUBRAMANIAM K. PALANISAMY, IHAB W. SAAD