Patents by Inventor Richard L. Denney

Richard L. Denney 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).

  • Reconfiguration advisor
    Patent number: 4815076
    Abstract: A machine implemented process for advising on several alternatives for recovering from single or multiple component failures in a distributed process well-site instrumentation logging system which uses the rules, assumptions and constraints governing the hardware configurability of the well-site instrumentation system. The process locates and tests one or more reconfigurations for a failure scenario, and presents the possible reconfiguration scenarios in order of preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Denney, Scott B. Guthery