Patents by Inventor John Baggs

John Baggs 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).

  • Spectral predictive switching device activation
    Patent number: 7956668
    Abstract: A method of driving an array of switches comprising supplying the same drive signal to a first drive terminal of a plurality of the switches of an array and supplying second drive signals to a second drive terminal of each of the plurality of switches, the second drive signal supplied to a first of the switches being of a form selected to close the first switch, the form of the second drive signal supplied to the remaining switches being selected to prevent false activation of those switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin Wilson, John Baggs, Louis Couture
  • Spectral Predictive Switching Device Activation
    Publication number: 20080150651
    Abstract: A method of driving an array of switches comprising supplying the same drive signal to a first drive terminal of a plurality of the switches of an array and supplying second drive signals to a second drive terminal of each of the plurality of switches, the second drive signal supplied to a first of the switches being of a form selected to close the first switch, the form of the second drive signal supplied to the remaining switches being selected to prevent false activation of those switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin Wilson, John Baggs, Louis Couture
  • Delivery of a service program to a digital signal processor within a multiservice processing system
    Patent number: 7301933
    Abstract: A method including determining whether a digital signal processor needs a service program stored in a juke box overlay memory, and delivering the service program to the digital signal processor from the juke box overlay memory over a host port interface bus is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Baggs, Louis Couture