Patents by Inventor Gary L. Stephens

Gary L. Stephens 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 logging hardware usage data, and uses for such logged hardware usage data
    Patent number: 7451064
    Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, a system comprises at least one computer system having a Basic Input/Output System (“BIOS”). The system further comprises means for collecting, via the BIOS, data about usage of at least one hardware component of the at least one computer system. According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises harvesting, from each of a plurality of computer systems, logged data regarding usage of hardware components of the computer systems. The method further comprises generating usage profile for the plurality of computer systems based at least in part on the harvested logged data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hunt Hodge, Gary L. Stephens
  • Gamma camera workflow automation
    Patent number: 6906328
    Abstract: A method (200) for setting up and performing a medical imaging session of a subject using a gamma camera (12, 52) includes selecting (208) an imaging procedure on an input terminal (72). A procedure table (76) is electronically accessed to retrieve at least one of: (1) an identification (210) of a collimator (30) to be used with a detector head (14, 54) in the selected imaging procedure; and (2) an initial imaging position of the detector head (14, 54) for the selected imaging procedure. A currently mounted collimator that is currently attached to the detector head (14, 54) is electronically identified. At least one of: (1) loading (216) the identified collimator onto the detector head (14, 54); and (2) positioning (220) the detector head in the identified initial imaging position, is automatically controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Jody L. Garrard, Jeff A. Hallett, Gary L. Stephens
  • Gamma camera workflow automation
    Publication number: 20030230723
    Abstract: A method (200) for setting up and performing a medical imaging session of a subject using a gamma camera (12, 52) includes selecting (208) an imaging procedure on an input terminal (72). A procedure table (76) is electronically accessed to retrieve at least one of: (1) an identification (210) of a collimator (30) to be used with a detector head (14, 54) in the selected imaging procedure; and (2) an initial imaging position of the detector head (14, 54) for the selected imaging procedure. A currently mounted collimator that is currently attached to the detector head (14, 54) is electronically identified. At least one of: (1) loading (216) the identified collimator onto the detector head (14, 54); and (2) positioning (220) the detector head in the identified initial imaging position, is automatically controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Jody L. Garrard, Jeff A. Hallett, Gary L. Stephens