Patents by Inventor Tony Goodfellow

Tony Goodfellow 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).

  • Enhanced ATA channel command structure for automatic polling, hot swapping and extending coupled peripheral devices
    Patent number: 6446148
    Abstract: A protocol for expanding control elements of an ATA-based disk channel supports device command and data information issued over the channel to a number of peripheral devices coupled to the channel. In addition, channel command circuitry issues channel commands which control channel related functional blocks, each of which perform non device-specific channel related functions. The channel commands are interpreted by the channel and are not directed to peripheral devices coupled thereto. Channels commands include an identification indicia which distinguishes a channel command from a device command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Inventor: Tony Goodfellow
  • Extension of electronic buses and their bus protocols using signal-propagation timing compensation
    Patent number: 6282593
    Abstract: A method using a Reflective Timing Signal to automatically adjust the timing parameters of an asynchronous bus to compensate for its physical extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventor: Tony Goodfellow
  • ATA compatible adapter having a shadow register configured to intercept device select information and an automatic interrupt polling for overlapped ATA commands
    Patent number: 6275879
    Abstract: A method without the Host systems intervention to automatically select Devices on an ATA Cable and determine if they require to be serviced. Upon detection to the indicate to the Host that service is required. This method greatly reduces the Host system's processor overhead associated with Polling the Devices for status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventor: Tony Goodfellow
  • Cable for allowing mass storage device address selection
    Patent number: 6058604
    Abstract: A cable constructed with insulation displacement connectors produces cables which connect data storage devices to a host system. The cable allows automatic address selection of data storage devices depending on the presence or absence of a CSEL terminal pin on a corresponding connector and the location of a data storage device along the cable. Address selection by connector configuration simplifies cable construction. The end connector of an ATA cable is configured to identify an attached data storage device as the first device (drive 0), while an intermediate connector is configured to identify an attached data storage device as the second drive (drive 1), thus making installation more intuitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventor: Tony Goodfellow