Patents by Inventor Paul Hough

Paul Hough 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: 20230027516
    Abstract: A processor-to-processor agent to provide connectivity over a processor-to-processor interconnect between services/network functions on different processors on a same compute node in a server is provided. The processor-to-processor agent can intercept socket interface calls using a network traffic filter in the network stack and redirect the packets based on traffic matching rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tomasz KANTECKI, Paul HOUGH, David CREMINS, Ciara LOFTUS, Aman Deep SINGH, John J. BROWNE, David HUNT, Maksim LUKOSHKOV, Amruta MISRA, Nirint SHAH, Chris MACNAMARA
  • Patent number: 11538676
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion optics device housing having one or more external electrical connectors (1719) provided thereon. An ion optics device (301) is arranged inside the ion optics device housing, the ion optics device (301) comprising one or more electrodes for manipulating ions, the one or more electrodes being electrically connected to the one or more external electrical connectors (1719) provided on the ion optics device housing. A voltage supply housing (1717) is provided having one or more external electrical connectors provided thereon. One or more voltage supplies are arranged inside the voltage supply housing (1717), the one or more voltage supplies being in electrical communication with the one or more external electrical connectors provided on the voltage supply housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Peter Carney, James Harrison, Paul Hough, Kenneth R. Worthington, Paul McIver, Alistar Schofield
  • Publication number: 20210384024
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion optics device housing having one or more external electrical connectors (1719) provided thereon. An ion optics device (301) is arranged inside the ion optics device housing, the ion optics device (301) comprising one or more electrodes for manipulating ions, the one or more electrodes being electrically connected to the one or more external electrical connectors (1719) provided on the ion optics device housing. A voltage supply housing (1717) is provided having one or more external electrical connectors provided thereon. One or more voltage supplies are arranged inside the voltage supply housing (1717), the one or more voltage supplies being in electrical communication with the one or more external electrical connectors provided on the voltage supply housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Peter Carney, James Harrison, Paul Hough, Kenneth R. Worthington, Paul McIver, Alistar Schofield
  • Publication number: 20210326262
    Abstract: A system comprising a first processor unit comprising a first register to store a metric for the first processor unit; and circuitry to initiate sharing of the metric with a second processor unit without the use of an inter-processor interrupt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: David Hunt, Jeffrey B. Shaw, Tewodros A. Wolde, Paul Hough, Biwei Guo, John J. Browne, Liang Ma, Sunku Ranganath, Chris M. MacNamara
  • Publication number: 20210224128
    Abstract: Techniques for managing workloads in processor cores are disclosed. High priority or mission critical workloads may be assigned to processor cores of a processor. When a power limited throttling condition is met, the processor may throttle some of its cores while not throttling the cores with the high priority or mission critical workloads assigned to it. Such an approach can ensure that mission critical workloads continue even upon throttling of the processor cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Chris M. MacNamara, John J. Browne, Amruta Misra, Niall C. Power, Dave Cremins, Tomasz Kantecki, Paul Hough, Killian Muldoon
  • Publication number: 20210199631
    Abstract: A GC/MS arrangement, comprising: a GC unit; an MS unit; a transfer line fluidly connecting the GC unit and the MS unit a carrier gas valve for selectively supplying carrier gas to the transfer line; at least one monitoring unit associated with the MS unit for monitoring at least one operational condition of the MS unit; and a controller connected to the at least one monitoring unit and carrier gas valve, configured to close the carrier gas valve when a predetermined operational event is detected by the at least one monitoring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Alastair BOOTH, Alvin CHUA, Paul HOUGH, Naigin KARIATT, Jake NGO, Richard TYLDESLEY-WORSTER, Arvind RANGAN
  • Patent number: 10936404
    Abstract: Technologies for error recovery in compressed data streams include a compute device configured to compress uncompressed data of an input stream to generate compressed data, perform a compression error check on the compressed data to verify integrity of the compressed data, and determine, as a result of the performed compression error check, whether the compressed data included a compression error. The compute device is further configured to transfer, in response to a determination that the performed compression error check indicated that the compressed data included the compression error, the uncompressed data into a destination buffer, and store an indication with the uncompressed data into the destination buffer, wherein the indication is usable to identify that the uncompressed data has been transferred into the destination buffer. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent Coquerel, Paul Hough
  • Patent number: 10692322
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing a vending machine interface system are provided herein. A vending machine interface system installed in a vending machine includes a peripheral interface to receive data from a peripheral payment device connected to the vending machine, the data indicating an amount received; an inventory interface to determine a current price of a product; and a vending machine controller interface to transmit a signal to a legacy vending machine controller, the signal causing the vending machine to dispense the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Hough, Gabriel Lawrence Silva, Eric R. Auzas, Kevin Lowell Hudson
  • Publication number: 20190042354
    Abstract: Technologies for error recovery in compressed data streams include a compute device configured to compress uncompressed data of an input stream to generate compressed data, perform a compression error check on the compressed data to verify integrity of the compressed data, and determine, as a result of the performed compression error check, whether the compressed data included a compression error. The compute device is further configured to transfer, in response to a determination that the performed compression error check indicated that the compressed data included the compression error, the uncompressed data into a destination buffer, and store an indication with the uncompressed data into the destination buffer, wherein the indication is usable to identify that the uncompressed data has been transferred into the destination buffer. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Laurent Coquerel, Paul Hough
  • Patent number: 10151475
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for determining scaling in a boiler. At least one sensor may monitor a boiler during operation and provide sensor data to a boiler monitoring module including a boiler scaling determination module that may determine an amount of scaling in the boiler. Example sensor data may comprise power input, a temperature of liquid in the boiler and an air temperature within an enclosure housing the boiler. The boiler monitoring module may determine thermal energy transfer to the boiler based on the liquid and enclosure temperatures. A machine learning engine may determine a rate of thermal energy transfer to the liquid in view of the power input, the rate of thermal energy transfer being evaluated by the machine learning engine to identify delay in the rate of thermal energy transfer that quantifies an amount of scaling in the boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rita Chattopadhyay, Hoang Van, Trevor Ryan, Paul Hough
  • Publication number: 20180218560
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing a vending machine interface system are provided herein. A vending machine interface system installed in a vending machine includes a peripheral interface to receive data from a peripheral payment device connected to the vending machine, the data indicating an amount received; an inventory interface to determine a current price of a product; and a vending machine controller interface to transmit a signal to a legacy vending machine controller, the signal causing the vending machine to dispense the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Hough, Gabriel Lawrence Silva, Eric R. Auzas, Kevin Lowell Hudson
  • Publication number: 20180096554
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing a vending machine interface system are provided herein. A vending machine interface system installed in a vending machine includes a peripheral interface to receive data from a peripheral payment device connected to the vending machine, the data indicating an amount received; an inventory interface to determine a current price of a product; and a vending machine controller interface to transmit a signal to a legacy vending machine controller, the signal causing the vending machine to dispense the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Hough, Gabriel Lawrence Silva, Eric R. Auzas, Kevin Lowell Hudson
  • Patent number: 9424215
    Abstract: In a virtualized desktop system an interfacing module is coupled to peripheral ports of a target device. The interfacing module is connected to a network. A digital user station is connected to the network. The digital user station is configured to be coupled to peripherals. The interfacing module and digital user station use respective hardware engines to communicate via said network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Avocent Huntsville Corporation
    Inventors: John Hickey, Ken Power, Martin McDonell, Paul Hough, Vincent Carr, Tom Gibbs, John Browne, Aidan Quinn, Iain Campbell, Mark Leyden
  • Publication number: 20160053990
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for determining scaling in a boiler. At least one sensor may monitor a boiler during operation and provide sensor data to a boiler monitoring module including a boiler scaling determination module that may determine an amount of scaling in the boiler. Example sensor data may comprise power input, a temperature of liquid in the boiler and an air temperature within an enclosure housing the boiler. The boiler monitoring module may determine thermal energy transfer to the boiler based on the liquid and enclosure temperatures. A machine learning engine may determine a rate of thermal energy transfer to the liquid in view of the power input, the rate of thermal energy transfer being evaluated by the machine learning engine to identify delay in the rate of thermal energy transfer that quantifies an amount of scaling in the boiler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: RITA CHATTOPADHYAY, HOANG VAN, TREVOR RYAN, PAUL HOUGH
  • Patent number: 8718147
    Abstract: A video compression routine encodes pixels using frame location relationships by using packets with variable length opcode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Avocent Huntsville Corporation
    Inventors: John Hickey, Paul Hough
  • Patent number: 7843910
    Abstract: Deciphering and verification of the checksum of enciphered and encapsulated UDP datagrams, particularly those which enclose a tunneling protocol such as L2TP, are achieved by the provision of a checksum verifier in parallel with a decipher block. Checksum logic creates a pseudo UDP header needed for checksum verification using fields that would occur at the start of the packet that encapsulates the UDP datagram. The first part of the packet to be deciphered is the UDP header; checksum logic can latch the checksum field into a local register. As the rest of the packet is deciphered the checksum verifier processes the data at the same time. Eventually the checksum logic will acquire a complete checksum which can be compared with the checksum that had been previously latched, so as to verify the checksum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Kevin Loughran, David Nolan, Paul Hough, Philip Pinto
  • Publication number: 20080168118
    Abstract: In a virtualized desktop system an interfacing module is coupled to peripheral ports of a target device. The interfacing module is connected to a network. A digital user station is connected to the network. The digital user station is configured to be coupled to peripherals. The interfacing module and digital user station use respective hardware engines to communicate via said network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Avocent Huntsville Corporation
    Inventors: John Hickey, Ken Power, Martin McDonell, Paul Hough, Vincent Carr, Tom Gibbs, John Browne, Aidan Quinn, Iain Campbell, Mark Leyden
  • Publication number: 20070274382
    Abstract: A video compression routine encodes pixels using frame location relationships by using packets with variable length opcode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: John Hickey, Paul Hough
  • Publication number: 20060174108
    Abstract: Deciphering and verification of the checksum of enciphered and encapsulated UDP datagrams, particularly those which enclose a tunnelling protocol such as L2TP, are achieved by the provision of a checksum verifier in parallel with a decipher block. Checksum logic creates a pseudo UDP header needed for checksum verification using fields that would occur at the start of the packet that encapsulates the UDP datagram. The first part of the packet to be deciphered is the UDP header; checksum logic can latch the checksum field into a local register. As the rest of the packet is deciphered the checksum verifier processes the data at the same time. Eventually the checksum logic will acquire a complete checksum which can be compared with the checksum that had been previously latched, so as to verify the checksum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Kevin Loughran, David Nolan, Paul Hough, Philip Pinto
  • Publication number: 20050029450
    Abstract: An atomic force microscope is described having a cantilever comprising a base and a probe tip on an end opposite the base; a cantilever drive device connected to the base; a magnetic material coupled to the probe tip, such that when an incrementally increasing magnetic field is applied to the magnetic material an incrementally increasing force will be applied to the probe tip; a moveable specimen base; and a controller constructed to obtain a profile height of a specimen at a point based upon a contact between the probe tip and a specimen, and measure an adhesion force between the probe tip and the specimen by, under control of a program, incrementally increasing an amount of a magnetic field until a release force, sufficient to break the contact, is applied. An imaging method for atomic force microscopy involving measuring a specimen profile height and adhesion force at multiple points within an area and concurrently displaying the profile and adhesion force for each of the points is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Hough, Chengpu Wang