Patents by Inventor Ryan C. Michel

Ryan C. Michel 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).

  • System and method of executing threads at a processor
    Patent number: 8904399
    Abstract: A method and system for executing a plurality of threads are described. The method may include mapping a thread specified priority value associated with a dormant thread to a thread quantized priority value associated with the dormant thread if the dormant thread becomes ready to run. The method may further include adding the dormant thread to a ready to run queue and updating the thread quantized priority value. A thread quantum value associated with the dormant thread may also be updated, or a combination of the quantum value and quantized priority value may be both updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven S. Thomson, Paul R. Johnson, Chirag D. Shah, Ryan C. Michel
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EXECUTING THREADS AT A PROCESSOR
    Publication number: 20110225590
    Abstract: A method and system for executing a plurality of threads are described. The method may include mapping a thread specified priority value associated with a dormant thread to a thread quantized priority value associated with the dormant thread if the dormant thread becomes ready to run. The method may further include adding the dormant thread to a ready to run queue and updating the thread quantized priority value. A thread quantum value associated with the dormant thread may also be updated, or a combination of the quantum value and quantized priority value may be both updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Steven S. Thomson, Paul R. Johnson, Chirag D. Shah, Ryan C. Michel