Patents by Inventor Irvin R. Jones, Jr.

Irvin R. Jones, Jr. 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 shadowing and re-mapping reserved memory in a microcomputer
    Patent number: 5301328
    Abstract: A system and method for managing the reserved memory in a microcomputer copies selected portions of reserved memory to a new reserved memory having a faster access time, and allows any free portions of the new reserved memory to be accessed by a typical software application. After the selected portions of reserved memory are copied, all access to an address within a selected portion are re-directed to the new reserved memory. Any free portions of new reserved memory have additional, accessible memory re-mapped to these free portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Sridhar Begur, Irvin R. Jones, Jr.
  • System and method for shadowing and re-mapping reserved memory in a microcomputer
    Patent number: 5202994
    Abstract: A system and method for managing the reserved memory in a microcomputer copies selected portions of reserved memory to a new reserved memory having a faster access time, and allows any free portions of the new reserved memory to be accessed by a typical software application. After the selected portions of reserved memory are copied, all access to an address within a selected portion are re-directed to the new reserved memory. Any free portions of new reserved memory have additional, accessible memory re-mapped to these free portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Sridhar Begur, Irvin R. Jones, Jr.