Patents by Inventor Kevin Horn

Kevin Horn 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).

  • Publication number: 20110161215
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for tracking, monitoring, projecting and reporting billing information. One embodiment is related to a computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions that are executable by a processor, the set of instructions being operable to receive billing data from at least one billing process, analyze changes in the at least one billing process, monitor the at least one billing process for an occurrence of time-based events, reconcile unique identifiers within the billing data to verify data integrity, generate a billing report based on the changes, the time-based events and data integrity, and audit the billing report for format errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Christina Reed, Alec Bell, Pamela Brumfield, Ling Chen, Eric Dickerman, George Harper, Michael Harrington, Kevin Horn, Charles Ragona, Jeffrey Heisroth
  • Patent number: 7919804
    Abstract: An improved technique for power distribution for use by high speed integrated circuit devices. A mixture of high dielectric constant, Er and low Er materials are used in a dielectric layer sandwiched between the voltage and ground planes of a printed circuit board that is used to fixture one or more integrated circuit devices. The low Er material is used in an area contained by the location of the integrated circuit device and its corresponding decoupling capacitors located nearby. High Er material is used in areas between the regions of low Er material. The low Er material improves that speed at which current from an adjoining decoupling capacitor can propagate to a power pin of the integrated circuit device. The high Er material mitigates cross-coupling of noise between the low Er regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Horn, Forest Dillinger, Otto Richard Buhler, Karl Sauter
  • Publication number: 20070102806
    Abstract: An improved technique for power distribution for use by high speed integrated circuit devices. A mixture of high dielectric constant, Er and low Er materials are used in a dielectric layer sandwiched between the voltage and ground planes of a printed circuit board that is used to fixture one or more integrated circuit devices. The low Er material is used in an area contained by the location of the integrated circuit device and its corresponding decoupling capacitors located nearby. High Er material is used in areas between the regions of low Er material. The low Er material improves that speed at which current from an adjoining decoupling capacitor can propagate to a power pin of the integrated circuit device. The high Er material mitigates cross-coupling of noise between the low Er regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Horn, Forest Dillinger, Otto Buhler, Karl Sauter