Patents by Inventor Jamison Gray

Jamison Gray 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).

  • Networked vehicle implementing plug and play with javabeans
    Patent number: 6377860
    Abstract: A vehicle control computer system uses JavaBeans™ to implement device interfaces. A vehicle control center, having a processor and memory, provides user access to devices operating within the vehicle. The manufacturer of such devices provides a JavaBean™ interface stored with the device. When a device is installed in the vehicle, the processor or other control element of the vehicle control center becomes aware of the installation and requests or otherwise receives the stored JavaBean™ interface from the device. A data structure is used to maintain information about interfaces for devices. The vehicle control center can then use the interface as received or replace it with a different interface already stored in memory by changing the contents of the data is structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamison Gray, Eric Chu
  • Networked vehicle controlling attached devices using JavaBeans™
    Patent number: 6185491
    Abstract: A vehicle control computer system uses JavaBeans™ to implement device interfaces. A vehicle control center, having a processor and memory, provides user access to devices operating within the vehicle. The manufacturer of such devices provides a JavaBean™ interface stored with the device. When a device is installed in the vehicle, the processor or other control element of the vehicle control center becomes aware of the installation and requests or otherwise receives the stored JavaBean™ interface from the device. The vehicle control center can then use the interface as received or replace it with a different interface already stored in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamison Gray, Eric Chu