Patents by Inventor Derrick Keefe

Derrick Keefe 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).

  • GPU DISPLAY ADJUSTMENTS
    Publication number: 20140168236
    Abstract: A system makes application image specific brightness and/or contrast adjustments. The system may include a light controller and an application that controls an application image. The light controller may receive a light adjustment request from the application or a different application. The light adjustment request may be a request for an adjustment that is specific to an application image in a display area. The light controller may set the brightness and/or the contrast of the application image differently than a portion of the display area that excludes the application image. The light controller may set the brightness and/or the contrast of the application image based on the light adjustment request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Derrick Keefe, Etienne Belanger
  • System that provides embedded software to an embedded system
    Patent number: 8386589
    Abstract: A system automates the provision of embedded software to an embedded system. The system may include a portable device having a portable device application that provides the embedded software to the embedded system, a communication link coupling the portable device to the embedded system, and an embedded software manager that accesses one or more embedded software components through the communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: QNX Software Systems Limited
    Inventors: Derrick Keefe, Dan Cardamore
  • SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES EMBEDDED SOFTWARE TO AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110289493
    Abstract: A system automates the provision of embedded software to an embedded system. The system may include a portable device having a portable device application that provides the embedded software to the embedded system, a communication link coupling the portable device to the embedded system, and an embedded software manager that accesses one or more embedded software components through the communication link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Derrick Keefe, Dan Cardamore