Patents by Inventor Clinton M. Alter

Clinton M. Alter 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).

  • Multi-instrument behavior synchronization using jobs and milestones
    Patent number: 11797356
    Abstract: A method of synchronizing tasks in a test and measurement system, includes receiving, at a client in the system, a task input, receiving, at a job manager running on a first device processor in the system, a call from the client to create a job associated with the task, returning to the client an action containing at least one job code block associated with the job, receiving a call for the action, executing the at least one job code block by at least one processor in the system, determining that the job has completed, and completing the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy E. Sauerwein, Clinton M. Alter, Sean T. Marty, Jenny Yang, Keith D. Rule
  • MULTI-INSTRUMENT BEHAVIOR SYNCHRONIZATION USING JOBS AND MILESTONES
    Publication number: 20210081257
    Abstract: A method of synchronizing tasks in a test and measurement system, includes receiving, at a client in the system, a task input, receiving, at a job manager running on a first device processor in the system, a call from the client to create a job associated with the task, returning to the client an action containing at least one job code block associated with the job, receiving a call for the action, executing the at least one job code block by at least one processor in the system, determining that the job has completed, and completing the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy E. Sauerwein, Clinton M. Alter, Sean T. Marty, Jenny Yang, Keith D. Rule