Patents by Inventor Robert D. Whitley

Robert D. Whitley 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: 20160055242
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for analyzing content items from digital content sources with respect to activity on communication networks. Content items are retrieved based on tracking set definitions from digital content sources via a network, and metadata is extracted from the retrieved content items. Communication related to the content items on one or more communication networks is periodically monitored, and the monitored communication is used to generate content scores for the retrieved content items based on one or more static content scores, dynamic content scores, and contextual relevance scores. The periodic monitoring allows trending information with respect to content items, authors, topics, and/or other data elements to be surfaced and analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ljubomir Bradic, Robert D. Whitley, Kelly Kolb
  • Patent number: 4636656
    Abstract: A circuit comprising first, second and third latches selectively extends a cycle of a clock signal of a memory system in response to a control signal. A second clock signal having a frequency which is a predetermined multiple of the clock signal of the memory system is coupled to an input of the second and third latches. The first latch receives first and second control signals indicating the detection of parity errors in the memory system and suspends or delays the normal transition of the third latch which provides the memory system clock signal, thereby extending a cycle of the clock signal. The second latch resets the first latch which thereafter resets the third latch causing the clock signal to return to normal cycle operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph E. Snowden, Robert D. Whitley