Patents by Inventor John David Paul

John David Paul 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 providing discontiguous drive support
    Patent number: 5675761
    Abstract: A method and system for supporting discontiguous drive arrangements in a computer system using IDE control parameters having a central processing unit, user interface, short term volatile memory storage, and at least one, to four or more long term static memory storage devices, all of which are connected by a bus to the CPU, is used to provide access to the long term memory storage devices in a manner transparent to both the system and the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John David Paul, Robert Duane Johnson