Patents by Inventor Robert Mack
Robert Mack 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).
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Patent number: 8674777Abstract: A method for compensating NCO jitter by changing a step value used to increment an accumulator in the NCO to make up for inaccuracies, or jitters. In one approach, a remainder in the accumulator may be monitored and a compensated clock close to the current edge of an ideal clock may be generated. In another approach, a compensated clock close to the next edge of the ideal clock may be generated after the current edge of the ideal clock is missed. The step value may be stored in a memory, which may be a register. A jitter compensator may include a comparator for monitoring the remainder in the accumulator or a detector for detecting whether an ideal clock has been missed. The jitter compensator may also change the step value to a step value for a faster clock to compensate jitter.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Robert Mack, Timothy Chen
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Publication number: 20140073060Abstract: The invention is directed towards methods and compositions for identifying the amount of hydrofluoric acid in a buffered oxide etching composition. In buffered oxide etching compositions it is very difficult to measure the amount of hydrofluoric acid because it has varying equilibriums and it is toxic so it hard to handle and sample. When used to manufacture microchips however, incorrect amounts of hydrofluoric acid will ruin those chips. The invention utilizes a unique method of spectrographically measuring the hydrofluoric acid when in contact with added chromogenic agents to obtain exact measurements that are accurate, immediate, and safe.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Nalco CompanyInventors: Amy M. Tseng, Brian V. Jenkins, Robert Mack
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Patent number: 8649734Abstract: Different scan modes are provided for Bluetooth devices. In at least some embodiments, a narrowband scanning mode looks for signal energy on individual transmission frequencies at a time. By looking for signal energy rather than decoding transmitted packets, at least some of the components in a Bluetooth device can remain in an idle or rest state. A midband scanning mode looks for signal energy across multiple different frequencies at a time. Again, by looking for signal energy across multiple different frequencies rather than decoding transmitted packets, at least some of the components in a Bluetooth device can remain in an idle or rest state. A wideband scanning mode looks for signal energies across all relevant frequencies at a time. At least some embodiments enable a Bluetooth device to switch between scanning modes.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Yui Lin, Lawrence Tse, Poh Boon Leong, Minko Tsai, Robert Mack, Yungping Hsu
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Publication number: 20140012885Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for configuring, designing, and/or implementing database tables are detailed that provides a framework into which a remainder of database tables is developed. Also detailed is a method to develop this framework of database tables. This so developed framework provides a platform for converting multiple independent heterogeneous databases into standardized homogeneous databases.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventor: Robert Mack
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Patent number: 8554801Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for configuring, designing, and/or implementing database tables are detailed that provides a framework into which a remainder of database tables is developed. Also detailed is a method to develop this framework of database tables. This so developed framework provides a platform for converting multiple independent heterogeneous databases into standardized homogeneous databases.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Inventor: Robert Mack
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Publication number: 20130261971Abstract: A system and method to transport data collected in a borehole penetrating the earth to a surface location are described. The system includes one or more measurement tools disposed in the borehole, the one or more measurement tools configured to collect data relating to the borehole and a formation penetrated by the borehole. The system also includes a data node tool disposed in the borehole with a plurality of data nodes, the data node tool being configured to receive the data from the one or more measurement tools, program one or more data nodes with at least a first portion of the data, and eject the one or more data nodes into a fluid stream for transport to the surface location.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Robert Mack Ramirez, Adebowale Ade-Fosudo
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Patent number: 8498575Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with reducing interference between wireless networks are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes negotiation logic implemented in at least hardware configured for determining a quiet interval between a first device and a second device, where the first device and the second device communicate wirelessly via a first network according to a first wireless protocol and are within a wireless area of a second network that communicates with a second wireless protocol. Control logic implemented in at least hardware is configured for controlling wireless transmission of data from at least the first device on the first network by prohibiting transmissions from the first device during the quiet interval.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventor: Robert Mack
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Publication number: 20130183773Abstract: The invention is directed towards methods and compositions for identifying the amount of hydrofluoric acid in a buffered oxide etching composition. In buffered oxide etching compositions it is very difficult to measure the amount of hydrofluoric acid because it has varying equilibriums and it is toxic so it hard to handle and sample. When used to manufacture microchips however, incorrect amounts of hydrofluoric acid will ruin those chips. The invention utilizes a unique method of spectrographically measuring the hydrofluoric acid when in contact with added chromogenic agents to obtain exact measurements that are accurate, immediate, and safe.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Inventors: Amy M. Tseng, Brian V. Jenkins, Robert Mack
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Patent number: 8488651Abstract: A spread spectrum slip time encoding scheme encodes data values with one or more Pseudo Noise (PN) codes and generates a corresponding PN encoded data stream. Other data values are encoded into the PN encoded data stream by varying a slip time between the 10 encoded data values.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Robert Mack, Stephen O'Connor
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Patent number: 8472427Abstract: The present specification describes techniques for packet exchange arbitration. In some embodiments, a request is maintained to an arbiter at least until a packet exchange has been communicated and/or at least until a time-sensitive packet is communicated. In some other embodiments, a grant of a request is delayed at least until the communication of an isochronous packet.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Todd Steven Wheeler, Gladys Yuen Yan Wong, Robert Mack, Ken Kinwah Ho
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Patent number: 8457088Abstract: An example embodiment includes an apparatus. The apparatus includes piconet logic for establishing a multi-level piconet hierarchy having a top level piconet and a lower level piconet(s). The top level piconet includes the apparatus and a master controller(s). The apparatus is a master device in the top level piconet. Master controllers are slave devices in the top level piconet. A lower level piconet includes a master controller and a sub-controller(s). Master controllers are masters in the lower level piconet. Sub-controllers are slave devices in the lower level piconet. The apparatus includes time division multiplexing logic to solicit and control aggregated communication with master controllers. The aggregated communication comprises data from the master controller and data from a sub-controller(s). The apparatus includes de-aggregation logic to receive the aggregated communication and to separate data.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Sameer Bidichandani, Timothy J. Donovan, Deepak Jain, Li-Fu Jeng, Robert Mack, Neeta Srivastav, Shuangqing Yuan
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Patent number: 8399483Abstract: A series of heteroaryl-substituted quinoxaline and quinoline derivatives, being selective inhibitors of PI3 kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, oncological, nociceptive or ophthalmic conditions, said substituted derivatives having the general formulaType: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.Inventors: Daniel Rees Allen, George Martin Buckley, Roland Bürli, John Richard Davenport, Natasha Kinsella, Christopher James Lock, Christopher Lowe, Stephen Robert Mack, William Ross Pitt, Andrew James Ratcliffe, Marianna Dilani Richard, Verity Margaret Sabin, Andrew Sharpe, Laura Jane Tait, Graham John Warrellow, Sophie Caroline Williams
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Patent number: 8369782Abstract: Different scan modes are provided for Bluetooth devices. In at least some embodiments, a narrowband scanning mode looks for signal energy on individual transmission frequencies at a time. By looking for signal energy rather than decoding transmitted packets, at least some of the components in a Bluetooth device can remain in an idle or rest state. A midband scanning mode looks for signal energy across multiple different frequencies at a time. Again, by looking for signal energy across multiple different frequencies rather than decoding transmitted packets, at least some of the components in a Bluetooth device can remain in an idle or rest state. A wideband scanning mode looks for signal energies across all relevant frequencies at a time. At least some embodiments enable a Bluetooth device to switch between scanning modes.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Yui Lin, Lawrence Tse, Poh Boon Leong, Minko Tsai, Robert Mack, Yungping Hsu
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Patent number: 8346171Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with reducing interference between wireless networks are described. In one embodiment, a method negotiates wirelessly between a first device and a second device for a quiet interval. The first device and the second device communicate wirelessly via a first network according to a first wireless protocol. The first and second devices are within a wireless area of a second network that communicates with a second wireless protocol. The method controls wireless transmission of data from at least one device on the first network by prohibiting transmissions during the quiet interval. Prohibiting transmissions during the quiet interval creates a reduced interference time period for wireless communications from the second network.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventor: Robert Mack
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Patent number: 8324204Abstract: A series of 5,6-dihydro-1-benzothiophen-7(4H)-one derivatives, and analogues thereof, which are substituted in the 2-position by an optionally substituted morpholin-4-yl moiety, being selective inhibitors of PI3 kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, oncological, nociceptive or ophthalmic conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: UCB Pharma SAInventors: Rikki Peter Alexander, Stuart Bailey, Stephen Brand, Daniel Christopher Brookings, Julien Alistair Brown, Alan Findlay Haughan, Natasha Kinsella, Christopher Lowe, Stephen Robert Mack, William Ross Pitt, Marianna Dilani Richard, Andrew Sharpe, Laura Jane Tait
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Patent number: 8289095Abstract: A method for compensating NCO jitter by changing a step value used to increment an accumulator in the NCO to make up for inaccuracies, or jitters. In one approach, a remainder in the accumulator may be monitored and a compensated clock close to the current edge of an ideal clock may be generated. In another approach, a compensated clock close to the next edge of the ideal clock may be generated after the current edge of the ideal clock is missed. The step value may be stored in a memory, which may be a register. A jitter compensator may include a comparator for monitoring the remainder in the accumulator or a detector for detecting whether an ideal clock has been missed. The jitter compensator may also change the step value to a step value for a faster clock to compensate jitter.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Robert Mack, Timothy Jay Chen
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Patent number: 8275314Abstract: Different scan modes are provided for Bluetooth devices. In at least some embodiments, a narrowband scanning mode looks for signal energy on individual transmission frequencies at a time. By looking for signal energy rather than decoding transmitted packets, at least some of the components in a Bluetooth device can remain in an idle or rest state. A midband scanning mode looks for signal energy across multiple different frequencies at a time. Again, by looking for signal energy across multiple different frequencies rather than decoding transmitted packets, at least some of the components in a Bluetooth device can remain in an idle or rest state. A wideband scanning mode looks for signal energies across all relevant frequencies at a time. At least some embodiments enable a Bluetooth device to switch between scanning modes.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Yui Lin, Lawrence Tse, Poh Boon Leong, Minko Tsai, Robert Mack, Yungping Hsu
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Patent number: 8242116Abstract: A series of 6,7-dihydro[1,3]thiazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-4(5H)-one derivatives, and analogues thereof, which are substituted in the 2-position by an optionally substituted morpholin-4-yl moiety, being selective inhibitors of PI3 kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, oncological, nociceptive or ophthalmic conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.Inventors: Rikki Peter Alexander, Pavandeep Singh Aujla, Karen Viviane Lucile Crépy, Anne Marie Foley, Richard Jeremy Franklin, Alan Findlay Haughan, Helen Tracey Horsley, William Mark Jones, Bénédicte Irma Léonce Frédérique Lallemand, Stephen Robert Mack, Trevor Morgan, Patrick Marie Ghislain Pasau, David Jonathan Phillips, Verity Margaret Sabin, George Martin Buckley, Kerry Jenkins, Benjamin Garfield Perry
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Patent number: 8168634Abstract: A series of thiazole derivatives which are substituted in the 2-position by a substituted morpholin-4-yl moiety, being selective inhibitors of P13 kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, oncological, nociceptive or ophthalmic conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.Inventors: Rikki Peter Alexander, Julien Alistair Brown, Karen Viviane Lucile Crépy, Stephen Robert Mack
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Patent number: 8094597Abstract: A beginning of a Bluetooth inquiry phase or a Bluetooth paging phase is determined. In response to determining that the Bluetooth inquiry phase or the Bluetooth paging phase is beginning, a power save (PS) mode signal is sent from a first device to a second device via a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication link, wherein the PS mode signal indicates that the first device is in a WLAN PS mode. A PS poll signal is sent from the first device to the second device via the WLAN communication link in a gap between Bluetooth inquiry phase message transmissions during the Bluetooth inquiry phase or between Bluetooth paging phase message transmissions during the Bluetooth paging phase.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Kapil Chhabra, Zhenyu Zhang, Milind Kopikare, Deepak Jain, Gladys Yuen Yan Wong, Robert Mack, Li-Fu Jeng, Ronak Anjan Chokshi