Patents by Inventor James Kenny Yates

James Kenny Yates 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 active power management in a Serial ATA interface to operate at most a predetermined rate upon a refused speed request
    Patent number: 8918663
    Abstract: A method for active power management in a Serial ATA interface for data transfer between a host and a device, the method starts with the determining of an optimal data transfer rate for transferring data between the host and the device. Then switching the Serial ATA interface into an active power saving mode based on the optimal data transfer rate is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Leonard E Russo, James Kenny Yates
  • METHOD FOR ACTIVE POWER MANAGEMENT IN A SERIAL ATA INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20120023350
    Abstract: A method for active power management in a Serial ATA interface for data transfer between a host and a device, the method starts with the determining of an optimal data transfer rate for transferring data between the host and the device. Then switching the Serial ATA interface into an active power saving mode based on the optimal data transfer rate is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Leonard E. Russo, James Kenny Yates