Patents by Inventor Sarah M. Brandenberger

Sarah M. Brandenberger 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).

  • Patent number: 7418661
    Abstract: Methods, computer program software, and apparatus for improved tracking of published versions of Web pages for generating a comprehensive record of when each version of a subject Web page was published on the Web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Patent number: 7362549
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage medium and a probe having a tip and a first magnetic element. The tip of the probe is adapted to form a dent in the storage medium. The storage device further has a second magnetic element, where the first and second magnetic elements are adapted to interact magnetically to indicate a storage state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Corbin L. Champion, Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Patent number: 7254108
    Abstract: A storage device includes a probe having a tip, the tip comprising a first portion and a second portion. The storage device also includes a storage medium having a surface, where the tip of the probe is adapted to form a dent in the storage medium. The second portion of the tip is electrically contacted to the surface of the storage medium in response to the tip being engaged in the dent, and the second portion of the tip is spaced apart from the surface of the storage medium in response to the first portion being engaged on the surface of the storage medium and not engaged in the dent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Corbin L. Champion, Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Patent number: 7184388
    Abstract: A storage device includes a probe, and a substrate comprising a storage medium and heating elements. The heating elements area adapted to heat respective regions of the storage medium to form perturbations in the respective regions of the storage medium, and the probe is adapted to detect the perturbations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Corbin L. Champion, Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Patent number: 7167434
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage medium and a probe having a tip and a first plate. The tip of the probe is adapted to form a dent in the storage medium to represent a state of a data bit. The storage device also includes a second plate, where the first plate and second plate cooperate to form a variable capacitance that varies between different capacitance values depending on whether the tip of the probe is engaged in the dent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Corbin L. Champion, Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Patent number: 7167435
    Abstract: A storage device includes a probe having plural tips, and a storage medium having a surface. At least a first one of the tips is adapted to form a dent in the storage medium, and at least a second one of the tips is adapted to be electrically contact the surface of the storage medium in response to the first tip being engaged in the dent. The second tip is electrically isolated from the storage medium in response to the first tip being engaged on the surface of the storage medium and not being engaged in the dent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Corbin L. Champion, Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Patent number: 7019381
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate is provided over which electrically conductive columns are formed along with electrically conductive rows crossing over the electrically conductive columns. A plurality of memory components are formed each having a resistance value corresponding to multiple logical bits and non-volatile memory cells are each formed by connecting a memory component between an electrically conductive row and an electrically conductive column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth K. Smith, Sarah M. Brandenberger, Judy Bloomquist, legal representative, Kenneth J. Eldredge, Andrew L. Van Brocklin, Peter J. Fricke, Darrel R. Bloomquist, deceased
  • Patent number: 6999403
    Abstract: A storage device includes an electrically conductive storage medium and a probe having a tip that is electrically conductive. The tip is electrically contacted to the storage medium and is adapted to form a dent in the storage medium. The tip is also adapted to cooperate with the storage medium to provide a variable resistance based on whether the tip is engaged in the dent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Corbin L Champion, Sarah M. Brandenberger, Cyrille De Brebisson
  • Publication number: 20040198328
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for enhanced management of call processing features, such as, for example, call forwarding services, in a wireless mobile communication system. In one embodiment, a dedicated call management button is provided on the user interface of a wireless mobile communication device that enables the user to exercise control over call processing features, such as, for example, call forwarding features, by simply pressing the dedicated call management button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventor: Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Patent number: 6762952
    Abstract: Exemplar embodiments are disclosed which allow errors in a magnetoresistive solid-state storage device, such as a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device, to be minimized. An illustrative method includes the steps of identifying cells in the device which have a failure mode characterized by a propensity to remain in a particular orientation of magnetization, mapping the location of the identified cells, and compensating for the failure mode of a cell at a mapped location. Systems and computer readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Terrel R. Munden, Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Publication number: 20040054967
    Abstract: Methods, computer program software, and apparatus for improved tracking of published versions of Web pages for generating a comprehensive record of when each version of a subject Web page was published on the Web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventor: Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Patent number: 6678197
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing the effect of noise while reading data from memory, are provided. One system embodiment includes a memory cell that stores a first data; multiple sensing devices that receive the first data and provide a first set of outputs; and a voting system that evaluates the first set of outputs to determine whether one of the outputs of the first set is valid data from the memory cell. One method embodiment includes reading data in parallel that is stored in a memory cell to provide outputs; and evaluating the outputs to determine whether one of the outputs is valid data from the memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Frederick A. Perner, Kenneth K. Smith, David H. McIntyre, Sarah M. Brandenberger, Terrel R. Munden, Robert Sesek
  • Publication number: 20040002193
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate is provided over which electrically conductive columns are formed along with electrically conductive rows crossing over the electrically conductive columns. A plurality of memory components are formed each having a resistance value corresponding to multiple logical bits and non-volatile memory cells are each formed by connecting a memory component between an electrically conductive row and an electrically conductive column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Kenneth K. Smith, Sarah M. Brandenberger, Darrel R. Bloomquist, Kenneth J. Eldredge, Andrew L. Van Brocklin, Peter J. Fricke
  • Patent number: 6665201
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state storage device. In one arrangement, the storage device comprises a memory device comprising one of an atomic resolution storage (ARS) device and a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device, a controller, and an integral connector that is used to directly connect the storage device to another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Spencer, Thomas C. Anthony, Colin A. Stobbs, Sarah M. Brandenberger, Steven C. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20030206432
    Abstract: Exemplar embodiments are disclosed which allow errors in a magnetoresistive solid-state storage device, such as a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device, to be minimized. An illustrative method includes the steps of identifying cells in the device which have a failure mode characterized by a propensity to remain in a particular orientation of magnetization, mapping the location of the identified cells, and compensating for the failure mode of a cell at a mapped location. Systems and computer readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Terrel R. Munden, Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Publication number: 20030189851
    Abstract: A read-only memory device has multiple layers, where a first layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and one or more additional layers are formed over the first layer. Each layer has multiple non-volatile memory cells that include a memory component connected between electrically conductive traces. A memory component indicates a resistance value when a potential is applied to a selected memory cell. A memory component can be formed with a resistor, a resistor in series with a control element, or an anti-fuse device in series with a diode. A memory device having memory components that include an anti-fuse device can be programmed after manufacture, where an anti-fuse device indicates a high resistance value corresponding to a logical one when the memory device is manufactured, and indicates a low resistance value corresponding to a logical zero when a junction of the anti-fuse device is penetrated to form an electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Sarah M. Brandenberger, Kenneth K. Smith, Kenneth J. Eldredge, Andrew L. Van Brocklin, Peter J. Fricke
  • Patent number: 6625055
    Abstract: A read-only memory device is described having non-volatile memory cells that include a memory component connected between electrically conductive traces. A memory component is formed to include a resistor that indicates a resistance value when a potential is applied to a selected memory cell. The resistance value of a memory component in an individual memory cell corresponds to multiple logical bits. The resistance value of a memory component corresponding to a set of logical bits can be based on a thickness and/or an area of electrically resistive material that forms the memory component, and/or based on the geometric shape of the memory component, where different geometric shapes of the electrically resistive material have different resistance values that correspond to different sets of logical bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth K. Smith, Sarah M. Brandenberger, Darrel R. Bloomquist, Kenneth J. Eldredge, Andrew L. Van Brocklin, Peter J. Fricke
  • Patent number: 6587548
    Abstract: A system is provided for connecting received calls, which may be voice or data calls having a common destination identifier associating the calls with a subscriber, to a selected at least one of one or more call options assigned to the subscriber. In one embodiment, the system includes a call detector, a voice call decoder, and a data call decoder. The call detector has an input for receiving the calls. It also has a first output and a second output. The detector provides a received call to the first output if it is a voice call and provides it to the second output if it is a data call. The voice call decoder has an input operably connected to the first output of the call detector for receiving the voice calls. It also has one or more outputs operably accessible to one or more voice call options for connecting the voice calls each to a selected at least one of the one or more voice call options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Co., L.P.
    Inventor: Sarah M. Brandenberger
  • Patent number: 6570782
    Abstract: Methods for storing a bit sequence are provided. A representative method for storing a bit sequence includes converting a first bit sequence containing a first number of low-resistance bits into a second bit sequence containing a second number of low-resistance bits that is lower than the first number of low-resistance bits, and then storing the second bit sequence in a resistance-based memory device. Systems, computer-readable media, and other methods for storing and retrieving a bit sequence are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sarah M. Brandenberger, Peter J. Fricke, Kenneth K. Smith
  • Patent number: 6545896
    Abstract: A memory housing is provided comprising at least one memory device positioned within the housing, the at least one memory device having a performance parameter responsive to an environmental condition, and an environmental maintaining device for non-ambiently changing an environmental condition within the memory housing to cause the performance parameter of the at least one memory device to meet a criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Terrel R. Munden, Sarah M. Brandenberger