Inventor
FAIRMAN BRUCE A
US30 patents
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SONY CORP
17 patentsUS6453376B1Sep 17, 2002
Method for implementing scheduling mechanisms with selectable resource modes
SONY CORP60 citations96
US6169745B1Jan 2, 2001
System and method for multi-level context switching in an electronic network
SONY CORP62 citations94
US7577782B2Aug 18, 2009
Application programming interface for data transfer and bus management over a bus structure
SONY CORP19 citations92
US6757760B1Jun 29, 2004
Method of and apparatus for dispatching a processing element to a program location based on channel number of received data
SONY CORP17 citations92
US6631435B1Oct 7, 2003
Application programming interface for data transfer and bus management over a bus structure
SONY CORP32 citations92
US6578109B1Jun 10, 2003
System and method for effectively implementing isochronous processor cache
SONY CORP16 citations92
US6167471ADec 26, 2000
Method of and apparatus for dispatching a processing element to a program location based on channel number of received data
SONY CORP23 citations92
US6751697B1Jun 15, 2004
Method and system for a multi-phase net refresh on a bus bridge interconnect
SONY CORP18 citations89
US7318090B1Jan 8, 2008
Method for utilizing concurrent context switching to support isochronous processes
SONY CORP18 citations84
US6847650B1Jan 25, 2005
System and method for utilizing a memory device to support isochronous processes
SONY CORP13 citations84
US6519265B1Feb 11, 2003
System and method for context switching in an electronic network
SONY CORP15 citations82
US6728834B2Apr 27, 2004
System and method for effectively implementing isochronous processor cache
SONY CORP12 citations74
US6557067B1Apr 29, 2003
System and method to effectively compensate for delays in an electronic interconnect
SONY CORP9 citations74
US6457072B1Sep 24, 2002
System and method for effectively performing physical direct memory access operations
SONY CORP13 citations74
US6667988B1Dec 23, 2003
System and method for multi-level context switching in an electronic network
SONY CORP12 citations72
US6463489B1Oct 8, 2002
System and method for effectively performing isochronous data transfers
SONY CORP2 citations63
US6535940B1Mar 18, 2003
System and method for fast data transfers in an electronic network
SONY CORP5 citations61
TANDON CORP
6 patentsUS5075805ADec 24, 1991
Disk drive controller system
TANDON CORP89 citations94
US5101339AMar 31, 1992
Computer address modification system using writable mapping and page stores
TANDON CORP26 citations91
US5016121AMay 14, 1991
Disk drive controller system
TANDON CORP39 citations91
US4979054ADec 18, 1990
Disk drive for storing data in run length limited format and method of providing such format
TANDON CORP25 citations91
US4891752AJan 2, 1990
Multimode expanded memory space addressing system using independently generated DMA channel selection and DMA page address signals
TANDON CORP23 citations91
US4849875AJul 18, 1989
Computer address modification system with optional DMA paging
TANDON CORP54 citations91
SONY ELECTRONICS INC
6 patentsUS7069558B1Jun 27, 2006
System and method for interactively utilizing a user interface to manage device resources
SONY ELECTRONICS INC44 citations92
US6904475B1Jun 7, 2005
Programmable first-in first-out (FIFO) memory buffer for concurrent data stream handling
SONY ELECTRONICS INC25 citations92
US6901474B2May 31, 2005
Application programming interface for data transfer and bus management over a bus structure
SONY ELECTRONICS INC24 citations92
US6973653B1Dec 6, 2005
Method for utilizing resource characterizations to optimize performance in an electronic device
SONY ELECTRONICS INC15 citations84
US6934781B2Aug 23, 2005
System and method for effectively performing isochronous data transfers
SONY ELECTRONICS INC5 citations63
US6952826B1Oct 4, 2005
Method for implementing a multi-level system model for deterministically handling selected data
SONY ELECTRONICS INC4 citations62