Patents by Inventor Thomas William Barr

Thomas William Barr 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).

  • System and method for managing input/output data of peripheral devices
    Patent number: 8984184
    Abstract: A method for communicating data between peripheral devices and an embedded processor that includes receiving, at a data buffer unit of the embedded processor, the data from a peripheral device. The method also includes copying data from the data buffer unit into the bridge buffer of the embedded processor as a bridge buffer message. Additionally, the method includes creating, after storing the data as a bridge buffer message, a peripheral device message comprising the bridge buffer message, and sending the peripheral device message to a thread message queue of a subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Thomas William Barr, Scott Rixner
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INPUT/OUTPUT DATA OF PERIPHERAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140304440
    Abstract: A method for communicating data between peripheral devices and an embedded processor that includes receiving, at a data buffer unit of the embedded processor, the data from a peripheral device. The method also includes copying data from the data buffer unit into the bridge buffer of the embedded processor as a bridge buffer message. Additionally, the method includes creating, after storing the data as a bridge buffer message, a peripheral device message comprising the bridge buffer message, and sending the peripheral device message to a thread message queue of a subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Thomas William Barr, Scott Rixner