Patents by Inventor James P. Stengel

James P. Stengel 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 system for monitoring and controlling status of programmable devices
    Patent number: 7676606
    Abstract: A method for programming programmable devices includes monitoring a status pin for each of the programmable devices, maintaining state information for the programmable devices indicating whether each programmable device is programmed, and transitioning each programmable device from a programmed state to an operating state. A monitoring module includes detectors, a memory and a processor. The detectors detect indications on the status pins of programmable devices that the programmable devices are programmed. The memory stores state information about the programmable devices. The processor communicates control signals to the programmable devices instructing them to transition from the programmed state to the operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Edwards, III, James P. Stengel