Patents by Inventor Karl A. Sutterfield

Karl A. Sutterfield 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, system, and program for including device parameters from a device driver in a configuration file
    Publication number: 20030135663
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for managing a configuration file including device parameters that define attributes of at least one device. A device driver uses the device parameters to control the at least one device. A determination is made of device parameters provided with the device driver for a device, wherein the device parameters are maintained external to the configuration file. User selection of at least one of the determined device parameters is received and a parameter code for each selected device parameter is written to the configuration file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Duncan, Ian F. Reeve, Karl A. Sutterfield