Patents by Inventor Larry W. Holmstrom

Larry W. Holmstrom 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).

  • Kernels, description tables and device drivers
    Patent number: 5778226
    Abstract: Description tables can be linked to a kernel to form a device driver. The description tables can be device description tables and adapter description tables. The kernel is operating system dependent. The description tables are operating system independent and can be linked to other kernels for other operating systems. A library of kernels for different operating systems can share a common set of kernel requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip M. Adams, Larry W. Holmstrom, Steve A. Jacob, Steven H. Powell, Robert F. Condie, Martin L. Culley
  • Computer controlled distribution apparatus for distributing transactions to and from controlled machine tools having means independent of the computer for completing or stopping a tool function initiated by a computer transaction
    Patent number: 4100597
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of machine tools in which the central processor communicates data transactions to and from a plurality of tool controllers, each of which is operatively associated with a machine tool. Each of the controllers comprises at least one machine tool control unit which is adapted to provide a digital output to the associated machine tool for controlling a particular tool function and/or for receiving from the machine tool a digital input indicative of a particular tool condition. The central processor has connected thereto a main multiple-channel data bus for conducting data transactions by transferring parallel bits of data to and from the processor. The system also includes a plurality of multiple-channel unit data buses, each of which is connected to one of the tool control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alan J. Fleming, Larry W. Holmstrom
  • Computer controlled distribution apparatus for distributing transactions to and from controlled machines tools
    Patent number: 4069488
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of machine tools in which the central processor communicates data transactions to and from a plurality of tool controllers, each of which is operatively associated with a machine tool. Each of the controllers comprises at least one machine tool control unit which is adapted to provide a digital output to the associated machine tool for controlling a particular tool function and/or for receiving from the machine tool a digital input indicative of a particular tool condition. The central processor has connected thereto a main multiple-channel data bus for conducting data transactions by transferring parallel bits of data to and from the processor. The system also includes a plurality of multiple-channel unit data buses, each of which is connected to one of the tool control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Fiorenza, Alan J. Fleming, Ralph J. Gerlach, Larry W. Holmstrom, John C. Pace