Patents by Inventor Kevin Allen Sapp
Kevin Allen Sapp 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).
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Patent number: 8768320Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for providing pre-programmed responses to received communications. A communication is received and identified. The communication is associated with a pre-programmed response and a response to the communication is generated using the pre-programmed response. Additionally, a context for the pre-programmed response can be established and the pre-programmed response can be based on the context and the communication identification. The communication can include a voice call, text message, Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) call, or push-to-talk (PTT) call.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventor: Kevin Allen Sapp
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Patent number: 8352713Abstract: A processor is operative to execute two or more instruction sets, each in a different instruction set operating mode. As each instruction is executed, debug circuit comparison the current instruction set operating mode to a target instruction set operating mode sent by a programmer, and outputs an alert or indication in they match. The alert or indication may additionally be dependent upon the instruction address following within a predetermined target address range. The alert or indication may comprise a breakpoint signal that halts execution and/or it is output as an external signal of the processor. The instruction address at which the processor detects a match in the instruction set operating modes may additionally be output. Additionally or alternatively, the alert or indication may comprise starting or stopping a trace operation, causing an exception, or any other known debugger function.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kevin Charles Burke, Brian Michael Stempel, Daren Streett, Kevin Allen Sapp, Leslie Mark DeBruyne, Nabil Amir Rizk, Thomas Andrew Sartorius, Rodney Wayne Smith
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Patent number: 7934025Abstract: A Content-Terminated Direct Memory Access (CT-DMA) circuit autonomously transfers data of an unknown length from a source to a destination, terminating the transfer based on the content of the data. Filter criteria are provided to the CT-DMA prior to the data transfer. The filter criteria include pattern data that are compared to transfer data, and transfer termination rules for interpreting the comparison results. Data are written to the destination until the filter criteria are met. Representative filter criteria may include that one or more units of transfer data match pattern data; that one or more units of transfer data fail to match pattern data; or that one or more units of transfer data match pattern data a predetermined number of times.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2007Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kevin Allen Sapp, James Norris Dieffenderfer
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Patent number: 7680928Abstract: An automatically configurable network monitoring system includes a network monitoring communications protocol used for communications between a network monitoring client executing on a routing node (100) being monitored and a network monitoring server executing on a network monitoring processor (106). According to the network monitoring communications protocol, the network monitoring client broadcasts a network monitoring service request message to the network monitoring servers. The service request message identifies a signaling link for which network monitoring service is being requested. The network monitoring servers provisioned to the requested provide network monitoring service respond affirmatively and thereby automatically grant network monitoring service. The network monitoring system may be completely probeless or, alternatively, used in conjunction with probe-based network monitoring devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: TekelecInventors: Yoogin Lean, David Wayne Minnich, Kevin Allen Sapp, Richard James Spangler, Merl Allen Trimmer, Jr.
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Publication number: 20080233932Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for providing pre-programmed responses to received communications. A communication is received and identified. The communication is associated with a pre-programmed response and a response to the communication is generated using the pre-programmed response. Additionally, a context for the pre-programmed response can be established and the pre-programmed response can be based on the context and the communication identification. The communication can include a voice call, text message, Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) call, or push-to-talk (PTT) call.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventor: Kevin Allen Sapp
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Publication number: 20080177909Abstract: A Content-Terminated Direct Memory Access (CT-DMA) circuit autonomously transfers data of an unknown length from a source to a destination, terminating the transfer based on the content of the data. Filter criteria are provided to the CT-DMA prior to the data transfer. The filter criteria include pattern data that are compared to transfer data, and transfer termination rules for interpreting the comparison results. Data are written to the destination until the filter criteria are met. Representative filter criteria may include that one or more units of transfer data match pattern data; that one or more units of transfer data fail to match pattern data; or that one or more units of transfer data match pattern data a predetermined number of times.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Kevin Allen Sapp, James Norris Dieffenderfer
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Publication number: 20080040587Abstract: A processor is operative to execute two or more instruction sets, each in a different instruction set operating mode. As each instruction is executed, debug circuit comparison the current instruction set operating mode to a target instruction set operating mode sent by a programmer, and outputs an alert or indication in they match. The alert or indication may additionally be dependent upon the instruction address following within a predetermined target address range. The alert or indication may comprise a breakpoint signal that halts execution and/or it is output as an external signal of the processor. The instruction address at which the processor detects a match in the instruction set operating modes may additionally be output. Additionally or alternatively, the alert or indication may comprise starting or stopping a trace operation, causing an exception, or any other known debugger function.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2006Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: Kevin Charles Burke, Brian Michael Stempel, Daren Streett, Kevin Allen Sapp, Leslie Mark DeBruyne, Nabil Amir Rizk, Thomas Andrew Sartorius, Rodney Wayne Smith
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Patent number: 7155512Abstract: An automatically configurable network monitoring system includes a network monitoring communications protocol used for communications between a network monitoring client executing on a routing node (100) being monitored and a network monitoring server executing on a network monitoring processor (106). According to the network monitoring communications protocol, the network monitoring client broadcasts a network monitoring service request message to the network monitoring servers. The service request message identifies a signaling link for which network monitoring service is being requested. The network monitoring servers provisioned to the requested provide network monitoring service respond affirmatively and thereby automatically grant network monitoring service. The network monitoring system may be completely probeless or, alternatively, used in conjunction with probe-based network monitoring devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: TekelecInventors: Yoogin Lean, David Wayne Minnich, Kevin Allen Sapp, Richard James Spangler, Merl Allen Trimmer, Jr.
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Publication number: 20030156548Abstract: Methods and systems for testing throughput of a packet-based communications node include a packet generator, a communication protocol stack, and a packet replicator. The packet generator generates packets of user data to be sent to a device under test. The packets are passed through layers of the communications protocol stack. The packet replicator resides within at least one of the layers and copies predetermined packets in accordance with a user specified key value. The packet replicator replicates the packets to a device under test, such as a GPRS node, and bypasses at least some of the layers of the communications protocol stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Inventor: Kevin Allen Sapp
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Publication number: 20030105850Abstract: An automatically configurable network monitoring system includes a network monitoring communications protocol used for communications between a network monitoring client executing on a routing node (100) being monitored and a network monitoring server executing on a network monitoring processor (106). According to the network monitoring communications protocol, the network monitoring client broadcasts a network monitoring service request message to the network monitoring servers. The service request message identifies a signaling link for which network monitoring service is being requested. The network monitoring servers provisioned to the requested provide network monitoring service respond affirmatively and thereby automatically grant network monitoring service. The network monitoring system may be completely probeless or, alternatively, used in conjunction with probe-based network monitoring devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Yoogin Lean, David Wayne Minnich, Kevin Allen Sapp, Richard James Spangler, Merl Allen Trimmer