Patents by Inventor Kevin Keith Main

Kevin Keith Main 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).

  • System for signaling serialized interrupts using message signaled interrupts
    Patent number: 7013358
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for signaling legacy serialized interrupts within a PCI-Express environment, using message signaled interrupts. The system provides structures and methods that interface a PCI environment (106) with a PCI-Express environment (104). The present invention provides a PCI to PCI-Express bridge device (110) that is communicatively linked (112, 114) to the PCI and PCI-Express environments. The bridge device comprises a translation function (116) that is communicatively linked (120, 122) to the PCI and PCI-Express environments. A serialized interrupt is signaled from the PCI environment, and the translation function generates a message signaled interrupt within the PCI-Express environment based on that serialized interrupt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew W. Lueck, Kevin Keith Main