Patents by Inventor Sean D. Sweeney

Sean D. Sweeney 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: 8954983
    Abstract: A start time to begin transitioning resources to states indicated in the second resource state set is scheduled based upon an estimated amount of processing time to complete transitioning the resources. At a scheduled start time, a process starts in which the states of one or more resources are switched from states indicated by the first resource state set to states indicated by the second resource state set. Scheduling the process of transitioning resource states to begin at a time that allows the process to be completed just in time for the resource states to be immediately available to the processor upon entering the second application state helps minimize adverse effects of resource latency. This calculation for the time that the process should be completed just in time may be enhanced when system states and transitions between states are measured accurately and stored in memory of the portable computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Joshua H. Stubbs, Andrew J. Frantz, Sean D. Sweeney
  • Patent number: 8954980
    Abstract: A start time to begin transitioning resources to states indicated in the second resource state set is scheduled based upon an estimated amount of processing time to complete transitioning the resources. At a scheduled start time, a process starts in which the states of one or more resources are switched from states indicated by the first resource state set to states indicated by the second resource state set. Scheduling the process of transitioning resource states to begin at a time that allows the process to be completed just in time for the resource states to be immediately available to the processor upon entering the second application state helps minimize adverse effects of resource latency. This calculation for the time that the process should be completed just in time may be enhanced when system states and transitions between states are measured accurately and stored in memory of the portable computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Joshua H. Stubbs, Andrew J. Frantz, Sean D. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20140173621
    Abstract: A start time to begin transitioning resources to states indicated in the second resource state set is scheduled based upon an estimated amount of processing time to complete transitioning the resources. At a scheduled start time, a process starts in which the states of one or more resources are switched from states indicated by the first resource state set to states indicated by the second resource state set. Scheduling the process of transitioning resource states to begin at a time that allows the process to be completed just in time for the resource states to be immediately available to the processor upon entering the second application state helps minimize adverse effects of resource latency. This calculation for the time that the process should be completed just in time may be enhanced when system states and transitions between states are measured accurately and stored in memory of the portable computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Joshua H. Stubbs, Andrew J. Frantz, Sean D. Sweeney
  • Patent number: 8595366
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamically creating and servicing master-slave pairs within and across switch fabrics of a portable computing device (“PCD”) are described. The system and method includes receiving a client request comprising a master-slave pair and conducting a search for a slave corresponding to the master-slave pair. A route for communications within and across switch fabrics is created and that corresponds to the master-slave pair. One or more handles or arrays may be stored in a memory device that correspond to the created route. Next, bandwidth across the route may be set. After the bandwidth across the newly created route is set, the client request originating the master-slave pair may be serviced using the created route. Conducting the search for the slave may include comparing unique identifiers assigned to each slave in a master-slave hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Purandar Mukundan, Brian J. Salsbery, Norman S. Gargash, Robert N. Gibson, Sean D. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20130125130
    Abstract: A start time to begin transitioning resources to states indicated in the second resource state set is scheduled based upon an estimated amount of processing time to complete transitioning the resources. At a scheduled start time, a process starts in which the states of one or more resources are switched from states indicated by the first resource state set to states indicated by the second resource state set. Scheduling the process of transitioning resource states to begin at a time that allows the process to be completed just in time for the resource states to be immediately available to the processor upon entering the second application state helps minimize adverse effects of resource latency. This calculation for the time that the process should be completed just in time may be enhanced when system states and transitions between states are measured accurately and stored in memory of the portable computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Joshua H. Stubbs, Andrew J. Frantz, Sean D. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20120284354
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamically creating and servicing master-slave pairs within and across switch fabrics of a portable computing device (“PCD”) are described. The system and method includes receiving a client request comprising a master-slave pair and conducting a search for a slave corresponding to the master-slave pair. A route for communications within and across switch fabrics is created and that corresponds to the master-slave pair. One or more handles or arrays may be stored in a memory device that correspond to the created route. Next, bandwidth across the route may be set. After the bandwidth across the newly created route is set, the client request originating the master-slave pair may be serviced using the created route. Conducting the search for the slave may include comparing unique identifiers assigned to each slave in a master-slave hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Purandar MUKUNDAN, Brian J. Salsbery, Norman S. Gargash, Robert N. Gibson, Sean D. Sweeney