Patents by Inventor Steven M. Lang

Steven M. Lang 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).

  • Patent number: 8666311
    Abstract: In one embodiment there are provided systems and methods for detecting radio frequency interference (RFI) on a satellite that implements on-board processing. The system leverages an on-board programmable modem complex, and in some cases reprograms portions thereof, to function as an RF spectrum analyzer sensor element that captures and relays received RF information as meta-data to a ground-based system where that information can then be used, on the ground, to generate a spectral display of a received signal at the satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Lang, Mark C. Cassada, Christopher M. Olson, Matthew K. Plonski
  • Patent number: 8429135
    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein to provide a processor device that has tolerance for faults associated with operations of a translation lookaside buffer. In a processor device, contents of a translation lookaside buffer are stored in a memory that is protected by an error correction code (ECC) to provide an ECC-protected backup copy of the contents of the translation lookaside buffer. When a miss exception of the translation lookaside buffer is triggered during execution of a processor function, the contents of the translation lookaside buffer is refreshed with the ECC-protected backup copy. Future operations of the processor are made using the refreshed contents of the translation lookaside buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven M. Lang
  • Publication number: 20120027055
    Abstract: In one embodiment there are provided systems and methods for detecting radio frequency interference (RFI) on a satellite that implements on-board processing. The system leverages an on-board programmable modem complex, and in some cases reprograms portions thereof, to function as an RF spectrum analyzer sensor element that captures and relays received RF information as meta-data to a ground-based system where that information can then be used, on the ground, to generate a spectral display of a received signal at the satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Steven M. Lang, Mark C. Cassada, Christopher M. Olson, Matthew K. Plonski