Erik S Swanson

US Patent:

7584107, Sep 1, 2009

Filed:

Sep 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/237889

Inventors:

Lawrence B. Leisure - Atherton CA, US
Jeffrey L. Huxley - Little Canada MN, US
Renee J. Brown - Chicago IL, US
Heather M. Abodeely - Chicago IL, US
David R. Dahle - Wynnewood PA, US
Cecil R. Dearborne - Chicago IL, US
Amy Farkas - New York NY, US
Evelyn G. Goodfriend - San Francisco CA, US
Laurie H. Maiser - Plymouth MN, US
Amie A. Ludwig - Minneapolis MN, US
David Rey - Lafayette CA, US
Melinda W. Steinmetz - San Francisco CA, US
Glenn A. Stolar - Chanhassen MN, US
Erik C. Swanson - New York NY, US
Joseph E. Villa - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Accenture Global Services GmbH

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 1

Abstract:

A defined contribution benefits tool having various embodiments interfaces employers, employees, brokers and benefits suppliers. Suppliers provide product information. An employer creates an employer profile indicating the categories of benefits to offer, which categories are required, which categories the employer will contribute to, and the contribution range for the categories. Based on the profile (and from other available products), a portfolio recommendation that essentially meets the requirements is generated. Based on the portfolio recommendation, the employer chooses a set of products as its benefits portfolio. Employees create an employee profile allocating the total employer contribution among a set of benefit categories. A package recommendation that essentially meets the requirements set forth in the employee's profile is generated. From this recommendation (and from other available products), the employee chooses his or her benefits package.

US Patent:

20210096857, Apr 1, 2021

Filed:

Sep 27, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/585973

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Scott Thomas BINGHAM - Santa Clara CA, US
John M. KING - Austin TX, US
Michael ESTLICK - Fort Collins CO, US
Erik SWANSON - Fort Collins CO, US
Robert WEIDNER - Fort Collins CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/30
G06F 9/38

Abstract:

A processor includes a load/store unit and an execution pipeline to execute an instruction that represents a single-instruction-multiple-data (SIMD) operation, and which references a memory block storing operand data for one or more lanes of a plurality of lanes and a mask vector indicating which lanes of a plurality of lanes are enabled and which are disabled for the operation. The execution pipeline executes an instruction in a first execution mode unless a memory fault is generated during execution of the instruction in the first execution mode. In response to the memory fault, the execution pipeline re-executes the instruction in a second execution mode. In the first execution mode, a single load operation is attempted to access the memory block via the load/store unit. In the second execution mode, a separate load operation is performed by the load/store unit for each enabled lane of the plurality of lanes prior to executing the SIMD operation.

US Patent:

20190146567, May 16, 2019

Filed:

Nov 10, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/809419

Inventors:

- Sunnyvale CA, US
Larry D. HEWITT - Austin TX, US
Erik SWANSON - Fort Collins CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/32

Abstract:

A processor is throttled based on accumulated combined current measurements from a plurality of processor cores. The processor monitors activity current levels at each processor core, either directly or indirectly by monitoring specified events at the processor cores. The processor combines (e.g., averages) the activity current levels over a specified duration to determine a combined activity current value (CCV), and compares the CCV value to a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on the maximum current limit of the processor. In response to the CCV exceeding the threshold, the processor throttles one or more of the processor cores, thereby reducing the activity current level at the throttled processor cores and ensuring that the processor operates within its specified current limits.