Patents by Inventor Christopher Bryant

Christopher Bryant 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).

  • Easy-to-use data context filtering
    Publication number: 20060074879
    Abstract: A method and system for the graphical formulation of filter queries is disclosed which enables data queries to be easily via selection from a menu. A signal is received to filter, or query, a data table. Next, the context of the signaled key field is analyzed, and a menu of filters based on that context is formulated and displayed. A filter selection is received, and the corresponding filter is executed. The results of the filter are displayed on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Clinton Covington, Philip Bergman, Tiginesh Beyene, Richard Dickinson, Christopher Bryant
  • Interbus buffer for use between a pseudo little endian bus and a true little endian bus
    Patent number: 5627975
    Abstract: An interbus buffer (18) coordinates data transfers between two different sized buses. The first bus (processor bus) allows data to be ordered according to either a big endian protocol or a "munged" little endian mode. The second bus (local bus) allows data to be ordered according to either a big endian protocol or a true little endian mode but does not define a transaction size. The disclosed interbus buffer coordinates interbus data transfers in spite of the variety of different transaction sizes and operating modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Bryant, Brian Reynolds
  • Arbitration protocol system granting use of a shared resource to one of a plurality of resource users
    Patent number: 5392434
    Abstract: An arbitration protocol comprises the steps of receiving a plurality of resource request signals (12), comparing the received plurality of resource request signals to a rotating pointer (14), and either granting the shared resource to the resource user specified by the rotating pointer (16) and incrementing the rotating pointer (18) or granting the shared resource to a resource user according to fixed priority protocol (20, 22, 24, 26 and 28). The rotating pointer specifies one of a plurality of resource users according to a predetermined order. The two steps of granting are responsive to the step of comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Bryant, Lawrence J. Merkel
  • Process for dyeing polymeric fibers
    Patent number: 5358537
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process and a composition for dyeing polymeric fibers which have limited dye sites and/or difficult to penetrate chemical structures. Briefly stated, the process comprises the steps of contacting polymeric fibers with a dye composition comprising a disperse dye and a swelling agent. The fibers in contact with said dye composition are then preferably heated to a temperature and for a time sufficient to effect dispersion of a portion of said dye into said polymeric fibers. Subsequently, the fibers are treated to remove residual dye composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Shaw Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Kelly, Richard Castle, Christopher Bryant