Patents by Inventor Kellie Marks

Kellie Marks 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).

  • Patent number: 9000802
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for interfacing between hard logic elements and soft logic elements implemented on an integrated device. In particular, a configurable interface is provided that includes interconnects between hard logic and soft logic, which enable signals to be selectively routed between the inputs and outputs of hard logic blocks and soft logic modules. The interconnects allow for certain hard logic blocks to be bypassed in favor of soft logic functionality. Moreover, the interconnects allow soft logic to augment the processing of hard logic blocks, e.g., by providing additional signals to the hard logic block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Fitton, Kulwinder Dhanoa, Benjamin Thomas Cope, Kellie Marks, Lei Xu
  • Patent number: 8812819
    Abstract: Data signal items output by a radix 4n2m fast Fourier transform (“FFT”) operation may not be in the order desired for further use of those data items (e.g., they may be output in a non-natural order rather than in a desired natural order). Memory circuitry (e.g., dual-port memory circuitry) may be used in conjunction with circuitry for addressing the memory circuitry with address signals that are reordered in a particular way for each successive set of N data items. This allows use of memory circuitry with fewer data item storage locations than would otherwise be required to reorder the data items from non-natural to natural order. In particular, the memory circuitry only needs to be able to store N data items at any one time, which is more efficient memory utilization than would otherwise be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Langhammer, Kellie Marks
  • Publication number: 20140125379
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for interfacing between hard logic elements and soft logic elements implemented on an integrated device. In particular, a configurable interface is provided that includes interconnects between hard logic and soft logic, which enable signals to be selectively routed between the inputs and outputs of hard logic blocks and soft logic modules. The interconnects allow for certain hard logic blocks to be bypassed in favor of soft logic functionality. Moreover, the interconnects allow soft logic to augment the processing of hard logic blocks, e.g., by providing additional signals to the hard logic block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Fitton, Kulwinder Dhanoa, Benjamin Thomas Cope, Kellie Marks, Lei Xu
  • Patent number: 8629691
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for interfacing between hard logic elements and soft logic elements implemented on an integrated device. In particular, a configurable interface is provided that includes interconnects between hard logic and soft logic, which enable signals to be selectively routed between the inputs and outputs of hard logic blocks and soft logic modules. The interconnects allow for certain hard logic blocks to be bypassed in favor of soft logic functionality. Moreover, the interconnects allow soft logic to augment the processing of hard logic blocks, e.g., by providing additional signals to the hard logic block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Fitton, Kulwinder Dhanoa, Benjamin Thomas Cope, Kellie Marks, Lei Xu
  • Publication number: 20120319730
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for interfacing between hard logic elements and soft logic elements implemented on an integrated device. In particular, a configurable interface is provided that includes interconnects between hard logic and soft logic, which enable signals to be selectively routed between the inputs and outputs of hard logic blocks and soft logic modules. The interconnects allow for certain hard logic blocks to be bypassed in favor of soft logic functionality. Moreover, the interconnects allow soft logic to augment the processing of hard logic blocks, e.g., by providing additional signals to the hard logic block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: ALTERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Fitton, Kulwinder Dhanoa, Benjamin Thomas Cope, Kellie Marks, Lei Xu
  • Patent number: 8291291
    Abstract: Interleaving in which functions relating final and original positions are implemented with low complexity using inequalities based on the functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Zhengjun Pan, Suleyman Sirri Demirsoy, Volker Mauer, Kellie Marks
  • Patent number: 8060729
    Abstract: In the provided architecture, one or more multi-threaded processors may be combined with hardware blocks having increased functionality. Each hardware block may be able to transfer a data packet to a particular hardware block based on the packet being processing. One or more hardware block may also be able to divide packets into subpackets for separate processing, and other hardware blocks may be able to rejoin the subpackets. Hardware blocks may also be able to transfer packet information between other hardware blocks during the processing sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Perry, Martin Roberts, Kellie Marks
  • Publication number: 20060080467
    Abstract: Incoming data streams are processed at relatively high speed for decoding, content inspection and classification. A multitude of processing channels process multiple data streams concurrently so as to allows networking based host systems to provide the data streams—as the packets carrying these data streams are received from the network—without requiring the data streams to be buffered. Moreover, host systems processing stored content, such as email messages and computer files, can process more than one stream at once and thereby make better utilization of the host system's CPU. Processing bottlenecks are alleviated by offloading the tasks of data extraction, inspection and classification from the host CPU. A content processing system which so processes the incoming data streams, is readily extensible to accommodate and perform additional data processing algorithms. The content processing system is configurable to enable additional data processing algorithms to be performed in parallel or in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Sensory Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Gould, Ernest Peltzer, Sean Clift, Kellie Marks, Robert Barrie