Patents by Inventor Lura C. Dean, Jr.

Lura C. Dean, Jr. 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).

  • Control system for a stored program multiprocessor computer
    Patent number: 4123795
    Abstract: A stored program electronic digital computer has a control system for the computer. There are a plurality of processes in the computer. There are four stored program controllers in the computer which operate in different processors within the computer system. There is a master controller, a command controller, a task controller, and a disc I/O controller. These four controllers operate in a hierarchy of control. Each controller exercises control over a given level of work in the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Lura C. Dean, Jr., Gary T. Boswell, Wayne Winkelman, Frank S. Little