Patents by Inventor Steve A. Olson

Steve A. Olson 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).

  • Dynamic on-chip logic analysis
    Patent number: 7496474
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for analyzing signals within an integrated circuit are described. In one embodiment of the present invention, internal IC signals are tapped, sampled and stored according to one or more sampling criteria. The signals may be taken from multiple locations within the IC and the information stored may include data, timing information, control data and other such information related to the tapped signals. The stored information may be provided to an external device for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Adam S. Browen, Craig Chafin, Jeffery K. Whitt, Steve A. Olson
  • Policy caching method and apparatus for use in a communication device based on contents of one data unit in a subset of related data units
    Patent number: 5842040
    Abstract: A policy caching method for use in a communication device is provided. The communication device determines which instance of protocol data unit (PDU) network policy from a plurality of policies is to be applied to related-received PDUs based on contents of one of the related-received PDUs. Subsequently, policy identification information identifying the instance PDU policy is cached for future application to other of the related-received PDUs. Also, a communication device which implemented this policy caching method is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Hughes, Steve A. Olson