Jeffrey Ray Ward

US Patent:

7590965, Sep 15, 2009

Filed:

Dec 19, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/642179

Inventors:

Michael George Ingoldby - Boulder CO, US
James E. Ogden - San Jose CA, US
Jeffrey C. Ward - Thornton CO, US
Stacey Secatch - Longmont CO, US
Restu I. Ismail - San Francisco CA, US
Thomas E. Fischaber - Golden CO, US

Assignee:

Xilinx, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/50

US Classification:

716 18, 716 16, 716 17

Abstract:

Methods of generating a PLD design implementation according to a design architecture tailored to specified requirements. A hardware description language (HDL) description for the PLD design includes at least one parameter value for the PLD design that will affect the preferred implementation of the design. This parameter value is passed to a high-level language (HLL) function, which is used to determine a tailored design architecture in accordance with the specified needs of the target application. The HLL function returns data specifying the tailored design architecture. This data is used in generating an implementation of the PLD design that follows the constraints imposed by the tailored design architecture. The result can be, for example, a logic gate representation of the PLD design, a netlist of the design, or a bitstream implementing the design in a target PLD.

US Patent:

20110035456, Feb 10, 2011

Filed:

Aug 5, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/851538

Inventors:

Roger Brent Milne - Boulder CO, US
Jeffrey C. Ward - Arvada CO, US
Michael G. Ingoldby - Superior CO, US
Jonathan B. Ballagh - Boulder CO, US
Thomas E. Fischaber - Boulder CO, US
Krista M. Marks - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

709206, 707758, 707E17009

Abstract:

Systems and arrangements are provided for filtering language. As presently preferred, these are configured to filter inappropriate language, symbols, words, etc on web sites or used in chat rooms. Embodiments create one or more arrays of inappropriate character strings representing, for example, obscene words and character combinations. Embodiments identify the inappropriate character strings, for example in chat text, and edit them to an appropriate form, for example with cartoon characters, and/or delete the inappropriate character strings. Preferably, at least one embodiment applies the content filter via executing a program of instructions, stored on a tangible storage medium, to achieve this functionality.

US Patent:

20120159348, Jun 21, 2012

Filed:

Dec 21, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/974346

Inventors:

Jeffrey D. Stroomer - Lafayette CO, US
Jonathan B. Ballagh - Boulder CO, US
Roger B. Milne - Boulder CO, US
Jeffrey C. Ward - Arvada CO, US
Krista M. Marks - Boulder CO, US
Thomas E. Fischaber - Boulder CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01

US Classification:

715751

Abstract:

Techniques for creating a mosaic using user-created content on a content sharing site. Embodiments of the invention may provide an interface on the content sharing site to allow users to create content. Embodiments may then determine a suitability value between the user-created content and portions of a mosaic, and insert the user-created content into a particular portion of the mosaic based on the determined suitability value for the particular portion.