Patents by Inventor Stephen L. Bold

Stephen L. Bold 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).

  • Interface based design using a tabular paradigm
    Publication number: 20020129334
    Abstract: A method of creating an interfaced based representation of an electronic design is provided. Rows and columns are added to tables. These rows and columns represent signals and instances in the electronic design being represented by the description. The cells created by the table that results from the rows and column provide interconnect information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Mark W.P. Dane, Avtar Singh Bahra, Stephen L. Bold, Shahram Najm, Nitin Surti
  • Method and apparatus for automatically cross-referencing graphical objects and HDL statements
    Patent number: 6289489
    Abstract: The present invention beneficially provides a method and apparatus for cross-referencing graphical objects and hardware description language (HDL) statements. According to one aspect of the present invention, a cross-referencing record is automatically generated to map graphical objects to corresponding HDL statements. According to a second aspect of the invention, a request is received to cross-reference a HDL statement and a graphical object. Based on the request, the cross-referencing record is accessed to identify a target of the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventors: Stephen L. Bold, Mark W. P. Dane, Michael J. Reynolds, Mark Paraskeva, James Stewart