Patents by Inventor William W. Ecton

William W. Ecton 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).

  • Test schedule estimator for legacy builds
    Patent number: 7305654
    Abstract: A test schedule estimator for performing fixes on released software. In a preferred embodiment, historic data from similar builds are used with other data to estimate a time required to perform testing and release based on the number of fixes implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Madhu C. Patel, William W. Ecton
  • System and method for stabilizing asynchronous state machines
    Patent number: 4562427
    Abstract: To prevent a race in an asynchronous state machine branching from one state to either of two others, depending on which of two control signals arrives first, one of the signals is latched in the state just ahead of the branching state. The branching then takes place in the branching state upon arrival of the other signal but in a direction determined by the value of the latched signal. If the latched value indicates a wrong order of arrival, the machine releases the original latched value and latches an updated value of the one signal and returns to the branching state. The looping, with unlatching and relatching, continues until the latched value causes branching to take place in the proper direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: William W. Ecton