Patents by Inventor Scott M. McCoy

Scott M. McCoy 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).

  • Apparatus and method for discovering a scratch pad memory configuration
    Patent number: 7509456
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of debugging an embedded processor. Scratch pad memory of an embedded processor is accessed to form a configuration file characterizing the configuration of scratch pad regions of the scratch pad memory. The embedded processor is debugged using information from the configuration file. The invention also includes an embedded processor with a processor core and scratch pad memory connected to the processor core. The scratch pad memory includes a set of scratch pad regions. The scratch pad memory stores values characterizing base addresses and region size values of the set of scratch pad regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan C. Kinter, Scott M. McCoy, Gideon D. Intrater
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING A FREE-RUNNING TRACE STREAM
    Publication number: 20090037886
    Abstract: A system includes a processor to generate a free-running trace stream and a probe with a real-time decoder to dynamically detect a trigger included in the free-running trace stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: MIPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Scott M. MCCOY, Ernest L. EDGAR, Bruce J. ABLEIDINGER
  • Apparatus and method for discovering a scratch pad memory configuration
    Patent number: 6836833
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of debugging an embedded processor. Scratch pad memory of an embedded processor is accessed to form a configuration file characterizing the configurations of scratch pad regions of the scratch pad memory. The embedded processor is debugged using information from the configuration file. The invention also includes an embedded processor with a processor core and scratch pad memory connected to the processor core. The scratch pad memory includes a set of scratch pad regions. The scratch pad memory stores values characterizing base addresses and region size values of the set of scratch pad regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan C. Kinter, Scott M. McCoy, Gideon D. Intrater