Patents by Inventor Barry C. Sudduth

Barry C. Sudduth 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).

  • Publication number: 20170359284
    Abstract: A system and method for regulating transmission of content to public platforms using context-based analysis are provided. Content for publication on one or more public platforms is generated by user interaction via a user interface and subsequently submitted to a server. The server assigns submitted content to reviewers having a defined familiarity level with the user or organizations affiliated therewith. Reviewers may be assigned to one or more review groups. Reviewer acceptance or rejection of the content for publication is governed by defined context criteria. The server analyzes the reviewers' acceptance or rejection of the content against acceptance criteria defined by a system administrator. Upon determining the acceptance criteria has been satisfied, the server transmits the content to one or more public platforms for publication thereon. Failure to satisfy the acceptance criteria may result in the content being restricted to the confines of a private network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Barry C. Sudduth, Robert B. Hanson
  • Patent number: 5386540
    Abstract: A method of transferring data words that include data bytes within a computer having a main memory, a processor and a cache memory, with the processor being able to cause data words to be transferred in a burst mode from the cache memory to the main memory in one of a plurality of predetermined sequences, includes the following steps: (1) determining which data words of a group of data words located in the cache memory include data bytes which have been modified, (2) selecting one sequence of data words of the plurality of predetermined sequences of data words which includes (a) all of the data words of the group of data words that include data bytes which have been modified, and (b) a minimum number of data words of the group of data words that include no data bytes which have been modified, and (3) causing the one sequence of data words selected in the selecting step to be transferred in the burst mode from the cache memory to the main memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Randolph G. Young, James L. Bradshaw, Bobby W. Batchler, Barry C. Sudduth, Craig A. Walrath