Patents by Inventor Steven McBirnie

Steven McBirnie 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: 10127172
    Abstract: A system and method communicates with one of two or more secure digital input output (SDIO) units that only one SDIO unit responds when it is being addressed. The SDIO unit has an SDIO clock input port, an SDIO data bus output port, and an SDIO bidirectional command port. Each SDIO unit has an address indicator within it associated with each SDIO unit. An SDIO unit will not respond to an SDIO command unless an SDIO unit address encoded in the SDIO command matches its address indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Victor Szeto, Steven McBirnie
  • Publication number: 20160371214
    Abstract: A system and method communicates with one of two or more secure digital input output (SDIO) units that only one SDIO unit responds when it is being addressed. The SDIO unit has an SDIO clock input port, an SDIO data bus output port, and an SDIO bidirectional command port. Each SDIO unit has an address indicator within it associated with each SDIO unit. An SDIO unit will not respond to an SDIO command unless an SDIO unit address encoded in the SDIO command matches its address indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Victor Szeto, Steven McBirnie
  • Patent number: 9253490
    Abstract: Methods of optimized video transfer are described in which display data is divided into a plurality of portions, each portion corresponding to a class of image data, and the different portions are encoded for transmission to a remote display device using different encoding schemes. In an embodiment, the composite display data is never rendered at the source device and instead portions of display data are generated by an application based on an advertised set of classes of image data. In other embodiments, the composite display data is stored in a framebuffer at the source device and is split into portions according to a classification of the display data. In various embodiments the classification may be performed based on sniffing graphics commands used to generate the composite display data and in other embodiments, the classification may be performed based on a rate of change of pixels in the composite display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Philip Hardy, Steven McBirnie
  • Publication number: 20140355664
    Abstract: Methods of optimised video transfer are described in which display data is divided into a plurality of portions, each portion corresponding to a class of image data, and the different portions are encoded for transmission to a remote display device using different encoding schemes. In an embodiment, the composite display data is never rendered at the source device and instead portions of display data are generated by an application based on an advertised set of classes of image data. In other embodiments, the composite display data is stored in a framebuffer at the source device and is split into portions according to a classification of the display data. In various embodiments the classification may be performed based on sniffing graphics commands used to generate the composite display data and in other embodiments, the classification may be performed based on a rate of change of pixels in the composite display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Philip Hardy, Steven McBirnie