Patents by Inventor Jonathan A. Lincoln

Jonathan A. Lincoln 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).

  • Partitioned executive structure for real-time programs
    Patent number: 6829763
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for repetitively executing a plurality of software packages at a plurality of rates utilizing a common set of computational resources. The method consists of counting contiguous time increments and executing a plurality of software packages. Each software package is executed during each time increment in one or more sequences of time increments. The time increments in each sequence recur at a predetermined rate, and the time increments assigned to one software package do not overlap the time increments assigned to any other of the plurality of software packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Mark, Daniel A. Tazartes, Jonathan A. Lincoln, Philip T. Kent