Patents by Inventor David T. Leffingwell

David T. Leffingwell 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).

  • System and method for uniform data transfer from different interfaces of input/output devices
    Patent number: 7752636
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method for transferring data, data is received from an external source, the data comprising a plurality of units. Each unit of the data is formatted into a formatted data unit having a first format. A full buffer is formed by storing the formatted data units in a data buffer. Contents of the full buffer is provided to an internal data sink, wherein the internal data sink is configured to provide the data units of the full buffer to a data converter, the data converter providing the data units to one or more external data sinks in an associated external data sink compatible format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian A. Portal, David T. Leffingwell