Patents by Inventor Mark Adrian Bryans

Mark Adrian Bryans 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: 20240126560
    Abstract: An Ethernet switch and a switch microcontroller or CPU are integrated onto a system-on-a-chip (SoC). The Ethernet switch remains independently operating at full speed even though the remainder of the SoC is being reset or is otherwise nonoperational. The Ethernet switch is on a separated power and clock domain from the remainder of the integrated SoC. A warm reset signal is trapped by control microcontroller (MCU) to allow the switch CPU to isolate the Ethernet switch and save state. When the Ethernet switch is isolated and operating independently, the warm reset request is provided to the other entities on the integrated SoC. When warm reset is completed, the state is restored and the various DMA and flow settings redeveloped in the integrated SoC to allow return to normal operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Sriramakrishnan Govindarajan, Denis Roland Beaudoin, Gregory Raymond Shurtz, Santhanakrishnan Badri Narayanan, Mark Adrian Bryans, Mihir Narendra Mody, Jason A.T. Jones, Jayant Thakur
  • Patent number: 11853772
    Abstract: An Ethernet switch and a switch microcontroller or CPU are integrated onto a system-on-a-chip (SoC). The Ethernet switch remains independently operating at full speed even though the remainder of the SoC is being reset or is otherwise nonoperational. The Ethernet switch is on a separated power and clock domain from the remainder of the integrated SoC. A warm reset signal is trapped by control microcontroller (MCU) to allow the switch CPU to isolate the Ethernet switch and save state. When the Ethernet switch is isolated and operating independently, the warm reset request is provided to the other entities on the integrated SoC. When warm reset is completed, the state is restored and the various DMA and flow settings redeveloped in the integrated SoC to allow return to normal operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Sriramakrishnan Govindarajan, Denis Roland Beaudoin, Gregory Raymond Shurtz, Santhanakrishnan Badri Narayanan, Mark Adrian Bryans, Mihir Narendra Mody, Jason A. T. Jones, Jayant Thakur
  • Publication number: 20220391219
    Abstract: An Ethernet switch and a switch microcontroller or CPU are integrated onto a system-on-a-chip (SoC). The Ethernet switch remains independently operating at full speed even though the remainder of the SoC is being reset or is otherwise nonoperational. The Ethernet switch is on a separated power and clock domain from the remainder of the integrated SoC. A warm reset signal is trapped by control microcontroller (MCU) to allow the switch CPU to isolate the Ethernet switch and save state. When the Ethernet switch is isolated and operating independently, the warm reset request is provided to the other entities on the integrated SoC. When warm reset is completed, the state is restored and the various DMA and flow settings redeveloped in the integrated SoC to allow return to normal operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Sriramakrishnan GOVINDARAJAN, Denis Roland BEAUDOIN, Gregory Raymond SHURTZ, Santhanakrishnan Badri NARAYANAN, Mark Adrian BRYANS, Mihir Narendra MODY, Jason A.T. JONES, Jayant THAKUR
  • Patent number: 11436024
    Abstract: An Ethernet switch and a switch microcontroller or CPU are integrated onto a system-on-a-chip (SoC). The Ethernet switch remains independently operating at full speed even though the remainder of the SoC is being reset or is otherwise nonoperational. The Ethernet switch is on a separated power and clock domain from the remainder of the integrated SoC. A warm reset signal is trapped by control microcontroller (MCU) to allow the switch CPU to isolate the Ethernet switch and save state. When the Ethernet switch is isolated and operating independently, the warm reset request is provided to the other entities on the integrated SoC. When warm reset is completed, the state is restored and the various DMA and flow settings redeveloped in the integrated SoC to allow return to normal operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sriramakrishnan Govindarajan, Denis Roland Beaudoin, Gregory Raymond Shurtz, Santhanakrishnan Badri Narayanan, Mark Adrian Bryans, Mihir Narendra Mody, Jason A. T. Jones, Jayant Thakur
  • Publication number: 20200210205
    Abstract: An Ethernet switch and a switch microcontroller or CPU are integrated onto a system-on-a-chip (SoC). The Ethernet switch remains independently operating at full speed even though the remainder of the SoC is being reset or is otherwise nonoperational. The Ethernet switch is on a separated power and clock domain from the remainder of the integrated SoC. A warm reset signal is trapped by control microcontroller (MCU) to allow the switch CPU to isolate the Ethernet switch and save state. When the Ethernet switch is isolated and operating independently, the warm reset request is provided to the other entities on the integrated SoC. When warm reset is completed, the state is restored and the various DMA and flow settings redeveloped in the integrated SoC to allow return to normal operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Sriramakrishnan GOVINDARAJAN, Denis Roland BEAUDOIN, Gregory Raymond SHURTZ, Santhanakrishnan Badri NARAYANAN, Mark Adrian BRYANS, Mihir Narendra MODY, Jason A.T. JONES, Jayant THAKUR
  • Patent number: 7724762
    Abstract: Systems and methods for efficient transmission of packets within a network communication device are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a network communication device that includes a plurality of ports (each port configured to communicate with one or more network devices), and a bus coupling the plurality of ports to each other (the bus providing a shared path for one or more bus transfers originated by a first port of the plurality of ports, and the one or more bus transfers including information). The bus includes a plurality of port map bits, a port map bit of said plurality of port map bits corresponding to a second port of the plurality of ports. The second port is configured to forward the information to the one or more network devices if the port map bit is asserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark Adrian Bryans
  • Publication number: 20080317013
    Abstract: Systems and methods for efficient transmission of packets within a network communication device are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a network communication device that includes a plurality of ports (each port configured to communicate with one or more network devices), and a bus coupling the plurality of ports to each other (the bus providing a shared path for one or more bus transfers originated by a first port of the plurality of ports, and the one or more bus transfers including information). The bus includes a plurality of port map bits, a port map bit of said plurality of port map bits corresponding to a second port of the plurality of ports. The second port is configured to forward the information to the one or more network devices if the port map bit is asserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Mark Adrian BRYANS