Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Darling

Michael Paul Darling 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).

  • Trace data capture device and method, system, diagnostic method and apparatus and computer program
    Patent number: 10452513
    Abstract: A trace data capture device has trace storage circuitry for storing trace data captured from a data processing apparatus. Detection circuitry detects source identifiers identifying which trace source generated the trace data. Output circuitry outputs to a diagnostic apparatus, independently from the trace data, source identifying data which indicates which source identifiers were detected for the trace data stored in at least a portion of the trace storage circuitry. By allowing the diagnostic apparatus to determine which source identifiers have been detected for which region of the memory, this can allow more targeted uploads of trace data, to reduce the time required for uploading the trace data and reduce the time to determine if data is not present for a particular source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Dennis Stephen Cook, Anthony Russell Armitstead, Michael Paul Darling
  • TRACE DATA CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD, SYSTEM, DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160232073
    Abstract: A trace data capture device has trace storage circuitry for storing trace data captured from a data processing apparatus. Detection circuitry detects source identifiers identifying which trace source generated the trace data. Output circuitry outputs to a diagnostic apparatus, independently from the trace data, source identifying data which indicates which source identifiers were detected for the trace data stored in at least a portion of the trace storage circuitry. By allowing the diagnostic apparatus to determine which source identifiers have been detected for which region of the memory, this can allow more targeted uploads of trace data, to reduce the time required for uploading the trace data and reduce the time to determine if data is not present for a particular source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Dennis Stephen Cook, Anthony Russell Armitstead, Michael Paul Darling