Patents by Inventor Brian E. Boehm

Brian E. Boehm 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).

  • External device support for device abstraction layer
    Patent number: 7831981
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing external device support for a device driver abstraction layer are disclosed. Some embodiments of a method may involve: accessing attribute information associating each of several keys with a respective device attributes, where each of the keys identifies a respective device; and configuring an interface to a device driver for communication with a device dependent on which device attributes the attribute information associates with the key that identifies the device. Configuring the interface may configure the interface to include one or more of interface features. Each of the interface features may support a respective device attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Symantec Operating Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas L. Krinke, II, Brian E. Boehm
  • External device support for device abstraction layer
    Patent number: 7222349
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing external device support for a device driver abstraction layer are disclosed. Some embodiments of a method may involve: accessing attribute information associating each of several keys with a respective device attributes, where each of the keys identifies a respective device; and configuring an interface to a device driver for communication with a device dependent on which device attributes the attribute information associates with the key that identifies the device. Configuring the interface may configure the interface to include one or more of interface features. Each of the interface features may support a respective device attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Veritas Operating Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas L. Krinke, II, Brian E. Boehm