Patents by Inventor Robert Anthony McGowan

Robert Anthony McGowan 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).

  • Freedom from interference for aggregated communication channel handling using event-based processor extensions
    Patent number: 11755361
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for handling communications with external communication channel hardware devices by a processor executing event-based programming code to interface a plurality of virtual machines with the external communication channel hardware devices by providing the processor with an event latch for storing hardware events received from the external communication channel hardware devices, with a timer circuit that generates a sequence of timer interrupt signals, and with a masking circuit that masks the hardware events stored in the event latch with an event mask in response to each timer interrupt signal, where each event mask is associated with a different virtual machine running on the processor such that each virtual machine is allowed to communicate only on a masked subset of the hardware events specified by the event mask to ensure freedom from interference between the plurality of virtual machines when communicating with the external communication channel hardware device
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Kahne, Michael Andrew Fischer, Robert Anthony McGowan
  • Freedom from Interference for Aggregated Communication Channel Handling Using Event-Based Processor Extensions
    Publication number: 20230117223
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for handling communications with external communication channel hardware devices by a processor executing event-based programming code to interface a plurality of virtual machines with the external communication channel hardware devices by providing the processor with an event latch for storing hardware events received from the external communication channel hardware devices, with a timer circuit that generates a sequence of timer interrupt signals, and with a masking circuit that masks the hardware events stored in the event latch with an event mask in response to each timer interrupt signal, where each event mask is associated with a different virtual machine running on the processor such that each virtual machine is allowed to communicate only on a masked subset of the hardware events specified by the event mask to ensure freedom from interference between the plurality of virtual machines when communicating with the external communication channel hardware device
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Kahne, Michael Andrew Fischer, Robert Anthony McGowan