Patents by Inventor Allen S. White

Allen S. White 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).

  • Method, apparatus and article to load new instructions on processor based devices, for example, automatic data collection devices
    Patent number: 7761864
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and articles facilitate the loading of a set of new instructions to replace set of existing instructions on a processor based device, for example an automatic data collection device. For example, a new operating system may replace an existing operating system using an executable that disables interrupts and/or exceptions. The new operating system may execute with, or without booting. The set of new instructions may be fragmented to fit the block size of a nonvolatile programmable memory, and/or may be compressed. Validation values such as check sums and/or error correction may be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.
    Inventors: Allen S. White, Art Millican, Joel Dale