Patents by Inventor John Beale

John Beale 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).

  • Distribution of frame synchronization information at base station
    Patent number: 7602763
    Abstract: A method and system distributes frame synchronization information at a base station implementing air interfaces of at least two different standards and to a base station implementing air interfaces of at least two different standards. Frame synchronization information is generated in a clock unit for at least two air interface standards. Synchronization bursts containing the frame synchronization information are transferred from the clock unit to processing units over a serial bus using time-division multiplexing for synchronization bursts addressed to the processing units of different air interface standards. The frame synchronization information is extracted in each processing unit from the received synchronization burst of its respective air interface standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Pekka Adolfsen, John Beale
  • DMA data transfer between low-overhead processor and connected external circuitry using transactions log
    Patent number: 7293119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for performing a data transfer between a shared memory (16) of a processor device (10) and a circuitry (20) connected to the processor device (10), wherein the data transfer is performed by triggering a DMA transfer of the data to the processor device, adding the DMA transfer to a transaction log, and providing the transaction log to the processor device, when the transaction log has reached a predetermined depth limit. The processor device is then informed of the DMA transfer of the transaction log, so as to be able to validate the transferred data. Thereby, significant background data movement can be provided without introducing high core overheads at the processor device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: John Beale
  • Low-overhead processor interfacing
    Publication number: 20050114583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for performing a data transfer between a shared memory (16) of a processor device (10) and a circuitry (20) connected to the processor device (10), wherein the data transfer is performed by triggering a DMA transfer of the data to the processor device, adding the DMA transfer to a transaction log, and providing the transaction log to the processor device, when the transaction log has reached a predetermined depth limit. The processor device is then informed of the DMA transfer of the transaction log, so as to be able to validate the transferred data. Thereby, significant background data movement can be provided without introducing high core overheads at the processor device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventor: John Beale
  • Apparatus and method for distributing frame synchronization information at a base station
    Publication number: 20040190559
    Abstract: A method and system distributes frame synchronization information at a base station implementing air interfaces of at least two different standards and to a base station implementing air interfaces of at least two different standards. Frame synchronization information is generated in a clock unit for at least two air interface standards. Synchronization bursts containing the frame synchronization information are transferred from the clock unit to processing units over a serial bus using time-division multiplexing for synchronization bursts addressed to the processing units of different air interface standards. The frame synchronization information is extracted in each processing unit from the received synchronization burst of its respective air interface standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Pekka Adolfsen, John Beale