Patents by Inventor Shawn D. Strawbridge

Shawn D. Strawbridge 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).

  • Method and apparatus for a monitor that detects and reports a status event to a database
    Patent number: 6889180
    Abstract: The present invention is a monitor that detects a design verification event and reports a status event to a database. One embodiment of the present invention comprises a monitor declaration, zero or more signal declarations, zero or more bus declarations and one or more logic expressions. A logic expression, formulated using the declared signals and buses, is used to evaluate whether a specific verification event has occurred. The present invention further comprises a monitor where the signal of the signal declaration of the monitor is an N-Nary signal. Additionally, the present invention comprises a parser to translate the monitor source file code into a standard computer language code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Intrinsity, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura A. Weber, Fritz A. Boehm, Jean Anne Booth, Jeffrey S. Leonard, Shawn D. Strawbridge, Douglas N. Good
  • Method and apparatus that reports multiple status events with a single monitor
    Patent number: 6594803
    Abstract: The present invention is a grid that is a monitor that detects a cross product of design verification events and reports a single status event to a database. One embodiment of the present invention comprises axes declarations, logic expressions, and a grid declaration. An axes declaration produces a cross product of verification events. A logic expressions evaluates whether a specific verification event has occurred. A grid declaration returns the status event. The present invention further comprises a grid where the cross-product of verification events comprises a fully or a sparsely populated cross-product of verification events. Additionally, the present invention further comprises a grid that uses N-Nary signals. And, the present invention comprises a parser to translate the monitor source file code into a standard computer language code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Intrinsity, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura A. Weber, Fritz A. Boehm, Jean Anne Booth, Terri Lynn Fukuhara, Jeffrey S. Leonard, Shawn D. Strawbridge, Douglas N. Good