Patents by Inventor Patrick W Hays

Patrick W Hays 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 and method for extracting fields from packets having fields spread over more than one register
    Patent number: 7581091
    Abstract: Systems and methods that allow for extracting a field from data stored in a pair of registers using two instructions. A first instruction extracts any part of the field from a first register designated as a first source register, and executes a second instruction extracting any part of the field from a second general register designated as a second source register. The second instruction inserts any extracted field parts in a result register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Gelinas, Patrick W Hays, Sol Katzman