Patents by Inventor Leonard WIDRA

Leonard WIDRA 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: 10915331
    Abstract: Various aspects include methods for implementing a reduced size firmware storage format on a computing device. Various aspects may include storing a first firmware description table to a first sector of a flash memory, in which the first firmware description table may define a first instance of a firmware including describing a first plurality of firmware images, storing the first plurality of firmware images to a first plurality of consecutive sectors, storing a second firmware description table to a second sector, in which the second firmware description table may define a second instance of the firmware including describing a second plurality of firmware images having a third plurality of firmware images, storing the third plurality of firmware images to a second plurality of consecutive sectors, and booting the computing device using the second firmware description table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Eugen Pirvu, Dhamim Packer Ali, Benish Babu, Leonard Widra, Darshana Advani
  • Patent number: 10409513
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus and techniques for configuring memory in an effort to reduce power consumption. For example, certain aspects of the present disclosure may provide an apparatus having a processing system configured to determine an operating mode of an application executing on the processing system. The operating mode may be one of a plurality of operating modes of the application, and each operating mode of the plurality of operating modes may correspond to a different configuration of memory. In certain aspects, the configurations of memory may correspond to different portions of memory that are active or inactive. In certain aspects, the apparatus may also include a memory control module configured to configure the memory based on the determined operating mode of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gabriel Allen Watkins, Albert Chee-Ming Cheung, Leonard Widra, Venkateshwar Junnuthulla, Selvaraj Jaikumar, Mahesh Dandapani Iyer, Eugen Pirvu, Chad Karaginides
  • Publication number: 20190042278
    Abstract: Various aspects include methods for implementing a reduced size firmware storage format on a computing device. Various aspects may include storing a first firmware description table to a first sector of a flash memory, in which the first firmware description table may define a first instance of a firmware including describing a first plurality of firmware images, storing the first plurality of firmware images to a first plurality of consecutive sectors, storing a second firmware description table to a second sector, in which the second firmware description table may define a second instance of the firmware including describing a second plurality of firmware images having a third plurality of firmware images, storing the third plurality of firmware images to a second plurality of consecutive sectors, and booting the computing device using the second firmware description table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Eugen PIRVU, Dhamim PACKER ALI, Benish BABU, Leonard WIDRA, Darshana ADVANI
  • Publication number: 20180321865
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus and techniques for configuring memory in an effort to reduce power consumption. For example, certain aspects of the present disclosure may provide an apparatus having a processing system configured to determine an operating mode of an application executing on the processing system. The operating mode may be one of a plurality of operating modes of the application, and each operating mode of the plurality of operating modes may correspond to a different configuration of memory. In certain aspects, the configurations of memory may correspond to different portions of memory that are active or inactive. In certain aspects, the apparatus may also include a memory control module configured to configure the memory based on the determined operating mode of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Gabriel Allen WATKINS, Albert Chee-Ming CHEUNG, Leonard WIDRA, Venkateshwar JUNNUTHULLA, Selvaraj JAIKUMAR, Mahesh Dandapani IYER, Eugen PIRVU, Chad KARAGINIDES