Patents by Inventor Peter D. Mueller

Peter D. Mueller 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).

  • Transfer acknowledgement mechanism for an MSL architecture
    Patent number: 7209989
    Abstract: Method and apparatus relating to an acknowledgement mechanism in an interconnected subsystem architecture. After a data message is transmitted, the transmitting device may transmit an acknowledge message on a channel undefined by the inter-subsystem communication protocol associated with the interconnection architecture. The undefined channel may be generated using a device-specific identifier on a channel defined to be a broadcast channel. The receiving device may acknowledge the transfer by switching a sideband control signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Peter D. Mueller
  • Using a processor to program a semiconductor memory
    Patent number: 7099985
    Abstract: A memory programmer may be coupled through a first processor and a physical interface to a semiconductor memory to be programmed. The interface may be the same interface that allows two separate processors in a multiprocessor memory to communicate with one another in one embodiment. Thus, an independent memory bus coupled directly to the memory components to be programmed may be eliminated, reducing form factor, decreasing costs, and increasing manufacturing throughput in some embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Peter D. Mueller