Patents by Inventor Steve Walter Rodgers

Steve Walter Rodgers 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).

  • Publication number: 20200065527
    Abstract: Implementations provide for a system configured to provide multiple security layers. The system includes a memory device storing instructions and data corresponding to processes. The system includes a first processor associated with a first security layer that is configured to provide first cryptographic information corresponding to the particular application. The system further includes a logical resolution circuit that is configured to receive the first cryptographic information, and provide second cryptographic information based on the first cryptographic information, an indication of an instruction or data, and a process identifier (ID) of the particular application. The system also includes a cryptographic element associated with a second security layer that is configured to decrypt, using the second cryptographic information, encrypted instructions or data corresponding to the particular application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Steve Walter RODGERS, Xuemin CHEN
  • Patent number: 8526303
    Abstract: Herein described are at least a system and a method for regulating data flow in a data pipeline that may be used in a video processing system. The system comprises a processor, one or more data buffers, and one or more processing stations. The one or more data buffers may be used to buffer corresponding processing stations. Each of the one or more processing stations may comprise a switching circuitry that is used to inhibit data transmission when a hold signal is received from the processor. The processor may send the signal in response to a feedback control signal generated by the one or more processing stations. The method may comprise determining if the processing time of a processing station exceeds a specified time. The method further comprises generating a feedback control signal to a processor if the specified time is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Walter Rodgers, Rajesh Mamidwar
  • Patent number: 8081656
    Abstract: Herein described is a system and method for improving the performance in which data packets are processed in a set-top-box. The system determines and stores one or more values into a memory. The one or more values in memory are subsequently utilized when a firmware is executed. These values are used to efficiently index locations within one or more data packets, such that processing performance is improved. Based on the types of packets received by the set-top-box, the hardware assistance provided by the system may be gradually increased or attenuated to optimize the performance in which the data packets are processed. The method involves determining the one or more values, storing the one or more values in a memory, and using said one or more values to effectively index one or more data fields in the one or more data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Steve Walter Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20100329251
    Abstract: Herein described is a system and method for improving the performance in which data packets are processed in a set-top-box. The system determines and stores one or more values into a memory. The one or more values in memory are subsequently utilized when a firmware is executed. These values are used to efficiently index locations within one or more data packets, such that processing performance is improved. Based on the types of packets received by the set-top-box, the hardware assistance provided by the system may be gradually increased or attenuated to optimize the performance in which the data packets are processed. The method involves determining the one or more values, storing the one or more values in a memory, and using said one or more values to effectively index one or more data fields in the one or more data packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Steve Walter Rodgers
  • Patent number: 7792144
    Abstract: Herein described is a system and method for improving the performance in which data packets are processed in a set-top-box. The system determines and stores one or more values into a memory. The one or more values in memory are subsequently utilized when a firmware is executed. These values are used to efficiently index locations within one or more data packets, such that processing performance is improved. Based on the types of packets received by the set-top-box, the hardware assistance provided by the system may be gradually increased or attenuated to optimize the performance in which the data packets are processed. The method involves determining the one or more values, storing the one or more values in a memory, and using said one or more values to effectively index one or more data fields in the one or more data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Steve Walter Rodgers