Patents by Inventor Rob Strong

Rob Strong 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).

  • USB schedule prefetcher for low power
    Patent number: 7340550
    Abstract: A circuit for monitoring future Universal Serial Bus (USB) activities is described. Specifically, the circuit may comprise a Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine schedule prefetcher. The DMA engine schedule prefetcher accesses linked list schedule structures in main memory. The structures are checked for future frames where the linked list has USB activity scheduled. A periodic DMA engine subsequently accesses main memory only during frames where USB traffic is scheduled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael N. Derr, John Howard, Darren Abramson, Leslie E. Cline, Rob Strong
  • USB schedule prefetcher for low power
    Publication number: 20060123180
    Abstract: A circuit for monitoring future Universal Serial Bus (USB) activities is described. Specifically, the circuit may comprise a Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine schedule prefetcher. The DMA engine schedule prefetcher accesses linked list schedule structures in main memory. The structures are checked for future frames where the linked list has USB activity scheduled. A periodic DMA engine subsequently accesses main memory only during frames where USB traffic is scheduled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Derr, John Howard, Darren Abramson, Leslie Cline, Rob Strong