Patents by Inventor Simon Carr
Simon Carr 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).
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Patent number: 11892955Abstract: System and method for analyzing CXL flits at read bypass detection logic to identify bypass memory read requests and transmitting the identified bypass memory read requests over a read request bypass path directly to a transaction/application layer of the CXL memory controller, wherein the read request bypass path does not include an arbitration/multiplexing layer and a link layer of the CXL memory controller, thereby reducing the latency inherent in a CXL memory controller.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Microchip Technology Inc.Inventors: Sanjay Goyal, Larrie Simon Carr, Patrick Bailey
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Publication number: 20220382688Abstract: System and method for analyzing CXL flits at read bypass detection logic to identify bypass memory read requests and transmitting the identified bypass memory read requests over a read request bypass path directly to a transaction/application layer of the CXL memory controller, wherein the read request bypass path does not include an arbitration/multiplexing layer and a link layer of the CXL memory controller, thereby reducing the latency inherent in a CXL memory controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Microchip Technology Inc.Inventors: Sanjay GOYAL, Larrie Simon Carr, Patrick Bailey
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Patent number: 11213162Abstract: A method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet (20) into a beverage preparation machine (30); b) measuring a characteristic associated with the thickness of at least a portion of the beverage ingredient tablet (20) to identify the beverage ingredient tablet (20); c) configuring one or more dispense parameters of the beverage preparation machine (30) based on the identification of the beverage ingredient tablet (20); and d) operating the beverage preparation machine (30) to dispense a beverage by contacting the beverage ingredient tablet (20) with an aqueous fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Nick Andrew Hansen, Simon Carr, Geoff York, Andrew Halliday, Egidijus Bartkus
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Patent number: 10750901Abstract: The present invention provides a method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet (20) into a beverage preparation machine (30); b) measuring a surface finish of at least a portion of the beverage ingredient tablet (20) to identify the beverage ingredient tablet; c) configuring one or more dispense parameters of the beverage preparation machine (30) based on the identification of the beverage ingredient tablet (20); and d) operating the beverage preparation machine (30) to dispense a beverage by contacting the beverage ingredient tablet (20) with an aqueous fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Nick Andrew Hansen, Simon Carr, Geoff York, Andrew Halliday, Egidijus Bartkus
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Patent number: 10555636Abstract: A beverage preparation system is provided comprising a beverage preparation machine, a cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients, and a coded insert. The beverage preparation machine comprises a brew head for receiving the cartridge. The cartridge comprises a primary code configured to provide operating instructions to the beverage preparation machine for delivering a beverage from the cartridge. The coded insert is separate from the cartridge and insertable along with the cartridge into the brew head. The coded insert comprises a secondary code configured to provide alternative operating instructions to the beverage preparation machine for delivering a modified beverage from the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Simon Carr, Sandra Heraud
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Patent number: 10171193Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems relating to Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) storage interconnect technology are provided. An SAS serial connection is established between an SAS initiator and an SAS expander over a physical link for communications between the SAS initiator and a plurality of target devices. The plurality of target devices is in communication with the SAS expander. SAS packets associated with each of the plurality of target devices are dynamically multiplexed and transmitted over the single SAS serial connection. Each SAS packet comprises one or more information bits indicating the target device with which the SAS packet is associated. The dynamically multiplexed SAS packets transmitted over the SAS connection may comprise SAS packets associated with at least two target devices having different maximum physical link rates. A result may be improved bandwidth utilization of the physical link when legacy SAS target devices with slower physical link rates are utilized.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Microsemi Solutions (U.S.), Inc.Inventors: Gregory Arthur Tabor, John Matthew Adams, Keith Graham Shaw, Larrie Simon Carr, Salman Ghufran
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Publication number: 20180303281Abstract: A beverage preparation system is provided comprising a beverage preparation machine, a cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients, and a coded insert. The beverage preparation machine comprises a brew head for receiving the cartridge. The cartridge comprises a primary code configured to provide operating instructions to the beverage preparation machine for delivering a beverage from the cartridge. The coded insert is separate from the cartridge and insertable along with the cartridge into the brew head. The coded insert comprises a secondary code configured to provide alternative operating instructions to the beverage preparation machine for delivering a modified beverage from the cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Simon Carr, Sandra Heraud
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Patent number: 10045656Abstract: A beverage preparation system is provided comprising a beverage preparation machine, a cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients, and a coded insert. The beverage preparation machine comprises a brew head for receiving the cartridge. The cartridge comprises a primary code configured to provide operating instructions to the beverage preparation machine for delivering a beverage from the cartridge. The coded insert is separate from the cartridge and insertable along with the cartridge into the brew head. The coded insert comprises a secondary code configured to provide alternative operating instructions to the beverage preparation machine for delivering a modified beverage from the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Simon Carr, Sandra Heraud
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Publication number: 20180219641Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems relating to Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) storage interconnect technology are provided. An SAS serial connection is established between an SAS initiator and an SAS expander over a physical link for communications between the SAS initiator and a plurality of target devices. The plurality of target devices is in communication with the SAS expander. SAS packets associated with each of the plurality of target devices are dynamically multiplexed and transmitted over the single SAS serial connection. Each SAS packet comprises one or more information bits indicating the target device with which the SAS packet is associated. The dynamically multiplexed SAS packets transmitted over the SAS connection may comprise SAS packets associated with at least two target devices having different maximum physical link rates. A result may be improved bandwidth utilization of the physical link when legacy SAS target devices with slower physical link rates are utilized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Gregory Arthur TABOR, John Matthew ADAMS, Keith Graham SHAW, Larrie Simon CARR, Salman GHUFRAN
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Publication number: 20180093820Abstract: A cartridge for preparation of a beverage is provided which is sealed prior to use and contains one or more beverage ingredients. The cartridge comprises: a body defining a beverage ingredient chamber containing the one or more beverage ingredients; a first filter defining an exit from the beverage ingredient chamber; a second filter downstream of, and spaced apart from, the first filter; and a flow constriction downstream of the second filter, such that in use beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients passes, in order, through the first filter, the second filter and the flow constriction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Tulay Massey, John Melrose, Tony Saunders, Simon Carr, Ian Alexander James Radcliffe, Willem Paul Beeker, Stuart James Curtis
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Patent number: 9753880Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a PCIe switch that includes a selectively transparent bridge that selectively allows transactions to traverse between multiple PCIe domains without the encumbrance of each root complex entity requiring knowledge of the selectively transparent bridge. The bridge that enables the transactions is invisible to the root complex entity in a host and drive switch domain of the PCIe switch. No address translation of the transactions is required because the drive switch domain address map is a subset of the host switch domain address map. The bridge allows for extremely low latency transactions between host systems and storage drives because the bridge allows the storage drive to read the Direct Memory Access (DMA) Scatter-Gather List (SGL) directly from host memory. The bridge also allows I/O data reads and writes from the storage drive directly to the host memory without store and forward within a RAID controller's memory.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: MICROSEMI SOLUTIONS (U.S.), INC.Inventors: Richard David Sodke, Kuan Hua Tan, Robert Kristian Watson, Larrie Simon Carr
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Publication number: 20160128348Abstract: A tablet for forming a beverage having two or more layers, the tablet comprising: (i) a creamer/whitening component; (ii) a flavouring; and (iii) a biscuit component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Tulay Massey, Sarah Willaims, Simon Carr
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Patent number: 9336173Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a PCIe switch that includes a selectively transparent bridge that selectively allows transactions to traverse between multiple PCIe domains without the encumbrance of each root complex entity requiring knowledge of the selectively transparent bridge. The bridge that enables the transactions is invisible to the root complex entity in a host and drive switch domain of the PCIe switch. No address translation of the transactions is required because the drive switch domain address map is a subset of the host switch domain address map. The bridge allows for extremely low latency transactions between host systems and storage drives because the bridge allows the storage drive to read the Direct Memory Access (DMA) Scatter-Gather List (SGL) directly from host memory. The bridge also allows I/O data reads and writes from the storage drive directly to the host memory without store and forward within a RAID controller's memory.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Microsemi Storage Solutions (U.S.), Inc.Inventors: Richard David Sodke, Kuan Hua Tan, Robert Kristian Watson, Larrie Simon Carr
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Patent number: 9329926Abstract: A data integrity (DI) protection circuit and method provide overlapping DI protection without increasing memory requirements. Write data parity is checked after write data error correcting code (ECC) check bits are generated, which is stored with the write data in memory without storing the write data parity. A corrupt location cache stores the write address and a write response error is generated when a write data parity error or write address parity error is detected. Read data and read data ECC check bits retrieved from the memory are checked and single bit errors are corrected, while double-bit errors result in a read error response. Read data parity is generated, and the corrected read data and corrected read data ECC check bits are then checked for bit errors. The corrupt location cache is searched for the read address, and a cache hit results in a read error response.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Microsemi Storage Solutions (U.S.), INC.Inventors: David Joseph Clinton, Larrie Simon Carr, Manthiramoorthy Ponmanikandan
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Patent number: 9280508Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for enabling interoperability between a serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) protocol with a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) protocol. A SAS-PCIe bridge includes a SAS component configured to communicate with a SAS device in a SAS domain and a PCIe component configured to communicate with a PCIe switch in a PCIe domain. The SAS component and the PCIe component are configured to convert data between the SAS protocol and the PCIe protocol.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: PMC-Sierra US, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Arthur Tabor, Larrie Simon Carr, Richard David Sodke
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Publication number: 20150374167Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in beverage preparation machines and in particular to a beverage preparation machine of the type which uses pre-packed cartridges of beverage ingredients. The cartridges may be designed so that air becomes entrained so as to produce a desired foam or crema. Air inlets are provided in an outlet nozzle to allow air to enter the beverage preparation machine and so be available for entrainment. Advantageously, the air inlets extend through the sides of the nozzle in an elevated position at a widened portion of the nozzle. This reduces the flow of beverage into and through the air inlets, aiding cleanliness.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Simon Carr, Gary Burton-Wilcock
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Publication number: 20150360854Abstract: A cartridge for preparation of a beverage is provided which is sealed prior to use and contains one or more beverage ingredients. The cartridge comprises: a body defining a beverage ingredient chamber containing the one or more beverage ingredients; a first filter defining an exit from the beverage ingredient chamber; a second filter downstream of, and spaced apart from, the first filter; and a flow constriction downstream of the second filter, such that in use beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients passes, in order, through the first filter, the second filter and the flow constriction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Tulay Massey, John Melrose, Tony Saunders, Simon Carr, Ian Alexander James Radcliffe, William Paul Beeker, Stuart James Curtis
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Publication number: 20150313402Abstract: A method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet (20) into a beverage preparation machine (30); b) measuring a characteristic associated with the thickness of at least a portion of the beverage ingredient tablet (20) to identify the beverage ingredient tablet (20); c) configuring one or more dispense parameters of the beverage preparation machine (30) based on the identification of the beverage ingredient tablet (20); and d) operating the beverage preparation machine (30) to dispense a beverage by contacting the beverage ingredient tablet (20) with an aqueous fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Nick Andrew Hansen, Simon Carr, Geoff York, Andrew Halliday, Egidijus Bartkus
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Patent number: 9167933Abstract: A beverage preparation machine of the type which uses pre-packed cartridges of beverage ingredients. The cartridges may be designed so that air becomes entrained so as to produce a desired foam or crema. Air inlets are provided in an outlet nozzle to allow air to enter the beverage preparation machine and so be available for entrainment. Advantageously, the air inlets extend through the sides of the nozzle in an elevated position at a widened portion of the nozzle. This reduces the flow of beverage into and through the air inlets, aiding cleanliness.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Kraft Foods R&D, Inc.Inventor: Simon Carr
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Patent number: D883441Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Inventor: Ian Simon Carr