Patents by Inventor Rachel Beth Hinman

Rachel Beth Hinman 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).

  • Method and apparatuses for facilitating sharing device connections between a host and client based on the power mode of the host
    Patent number: 9081703
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating sharing device connections across multiple physical and/or virtual (logical) computers. A method may include receiving a USB device request from a virtual host controller driver of a client when a host is not in a power save mode and passing a USB device request to a host controller driver of the client when the host is in a power save mode. A method may also include activating a sharing switch of a host controller to connect a device connection port to the host when the host is not in a power save mode and to connect the device connection port to the client when the host is in a power save mode. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Sreekumar Ramakrishnan Nair, Weidong Shi, Timothy Youngjin Sohn, Adhyas Avasthi, Cynthia Kuo, Rachel Beth Hinman, Quinn Able Jacobson
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING SHARING DEVICE CONNECTIONS
    Publication number: 20130072260
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating sharing device connections across multiple physical and/or virtual (logical) computers. A method may include receiving a USB device request from a virtual host controller driver of a client when a host is not in a power save mode and passing a USB device request to a host controller driver of the client when the host is in a power save mode. A method may also include activating a sharing switch of a host controller to connect a device connection port to the host when the host is not in a power save mode and to connect the device connection port to the client when the host is in a power save mode. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sreekumar Ramakrishnan Nair, Weidong Shi, Timothy Youngjin Sohn, Adhyas Avasthi, Cynthia Kuo, Rachel Beth Hinman, Quinn Able Jacobson
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL MACHINE WITH DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT OF A PHYSICAL HARDWARE RESOURCE
    Publication number: 20130055254
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing a virtual machine with dynamic direct assignment of a physical hardware resource. A method may include providing a virtual machine with a directly assigned physical hardware resource and an emulated hardware resource corresponding to the directly assigned physical hardware resource. The method may further include causing the virtual machine to hot-swap from using the directly assigned physical hardware resource to using the emulated hardware resource. The method may additionally include, subsequent to causing the virtual machine to hot-swap to using the emulated hardware resource, causing the directly assigned physical hardware resource to be hot-removed from the virtual machine Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adhyas Avasthi, Sreekumar Ramakrishnan Nair, Weidong Shi, Timothy Youngjin Sohn, Cynthia Kuo, Rachel Beth Hinman, Quinn Able Jacobson