Patents by Inventor Connie Jo Keene

Connie Jo Keene 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).

  • Methods and systems for modifying flash files
    Publication number: 20040243284
    Abstract: A method and system are provided to perform a process of modifying a flash file for a control module that produces control signals for a host system based on executable code in the flash file. In one embodiment the method may include the step of retrieving a compiled flash file including a logic portion and a control data portion that includes at least one data variable located at a target address location in the flash file. The logic portion, when executed by a processor, produces at least one output value based on the at least one data variable. Further, the method may include accessing the target address location in the control data portion of the flash file and modifying the at least one data variable with a new data value such that the flash file is updated without recompiling the flash file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Dutta, Tien Dzung Doan, Connie Jo Keene, Jerry Dean West, Michael Duane Flowers, Bruce Henry Hein