Patents by Inventor Graham D. Parrington

Graham D. Parrington 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).

  • Method and apparatus for identifying computer expansion cards
    Patent number: 7035945
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates identifying expansion cards installed in a computer system. The system operates by first examining a device tree for the computer system to identify nodes within the device tree that are associated with the computer expansion cards. Next, the system obtains a subset of parameters from the device tree that are associated with the computer expansion cards, and then performs a pattern match between the subset of parameters for each card and entries in an information file to identify each computer expansion card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: SUN Microsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Boyfield, Graham D. Parrington, Jonathan H. Kaplan
  • Method and apparatus for specifying properties using regular expression parameterization
    Publication number: 20040193753
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates identifying expansion cards installed in a computer system. The system operates by first examining a device tree for the computer system to identify nodes within the device tree that are associated with the computer expansion cards. Next, the system obtains a subset of parameters from the device tree that are associated with the computer expansion cards, and then performs a pattern match between the subset of parameters for each card and entries in an information file to identify each computer expansion card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Julian Boyfield, Graham D. Parrington, Jonathan H. Kaplan