DANIEL LEE JACKSON
Pilots at 86 Ave, Portland, OR

7028133, Apr 11, 2006

Apr 28, 2000

09/561457

Daniel Kelvin Jackson - Portland OR, US

G06F 13/38, G06F 13/00

710313, 710 63, 370906, 385100

Method and apparatus are described for improving information transfer over USB. In one approach, hub-based extension is realized wherein power is distributed using auxiliary wiring distinct from signal and power wiring present in conventional USB cabling. Additional signals allow optimization of power distribution for powering attached devices, and for detecting and handling illegal connection configurations. In another approach, improvements are realized through use of alternative signaling techniques which eschew reflective and high-speed common-mode signaling. Described are various configuration, media and signal-protocol combinations, including implementations containing embedded hubs. Methods ensuring reliable system behavior are also described, including determination of extension path delay and use of topology-enforcement hubs. In other approaches, further improvements are realized by allowing information exchanges to take longer than the nominal timeout period, or by allowing host requests to be delayed for transmission until the extended bus is available for use.

7346728, Mar 18, 2008

Apr 18, 2005

11/109029

Daniel Kelvin Jackson - Portland OR, US

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

G06F 13/20

710313, 710300, 710306, 710 62

Method and apparatus are described for improving information transfer over USB. In one approach, hub-based extension is realized wherein power is distributed using auxiliary wiring distinct from signal and power wiring present in conventional USB cabling. Additional signals allow optimization of power distribution for powering attached devices, and for detecting and handling illegal connection configurations. In another approach, improvements are realized through use of alternative signaling techniques which eschew reflective and high-speed common-mode signaling. Described are various configuration, media and signal-protocol combinations, including implementations containing embedded hubs. Methods ensuring reliable system behavior are also described, including determination of extension path delay and use of topology-enforcement hubs. In other approaches, further improvements are realized by allowing information exchanges to take longer than the nominal timeout period, or by allowing host requests to be delayed for transmission until the extended bus is available for use.

4315308, Feb 9, 1982

Dec 21, 1978

5/972007

Daniel K. Jackson - Portland OR

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

G06F 1300

364200

An interface between a microprocessor chip and input/output, and memory modules. The interface uses a single, bidirectional bus comprised of a number of lines which is less than the number necessary to carry a complete address word or a full width data word. Information transfer is effected by transferring information in small portions utilizing two or more interface clock cycles. An encoded control specification placed on the bus during the first cycle of information transfer specifies the type of access, the direction of transfer, and the length (number of bytes) of data to be moved. Only two additional simplex lines, one from the microprocessor and the other to the microprocessor are needed to complete the basic interface.

7177973, Feb 13, 2007

Jul 1, 2005

11/173987

Daniel Kelvin Jackson - Portland OR, US

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

G06F 13/00, G06F 13/20, G06F 13/38, G06F 3/00, H04L 12/28, H03K 17/06, G06F 15/16, G06F 15/163, G06F 1/26, G06F 1/32

710313, 710 63, 370906, 385100

Methods and apparatuses are described for improving information transfer over a universal serial bus (USB). In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a USB-compliant near-end link and control logic coupled with the USB-compliant near-end link. The control logic may translate a USB-compliant reflective signal received from a USB host to a terminated signal. Other embodiments are described and claimed.