Patents by Inventor Steven S. Mair

Steven S. Mair 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).

  • Method for detecting dropouts in data delivered over a bandwidth-limited bus
    Patent number: 6640328
    Abstract: A method for detecting dropouts in digital data transferred over a bus from a digital data source to a computer system. Each address in the computer system buffer memory is initialized to a selected code value known not to exist in the data to be transferred. After sequential transfer of data to the buffer memory, the presence of the selected code value in the buffer memory indicates that a dropout occured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Conexant Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. DiMeo, John M. Brooks, Steven S. Mair, Daniel A. Marotta