Patents by Inventor Lee Patrick Prissel

Lee Patrick Prissel 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).

  • Apparatus and method for self generating error simulation test data from production code
    Patent number: 6279122
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically testing device drivers is disclosed. The invention is applicable to any system wherein software or a device driver receives primitive errors from a device and reports high level errors to a client. The invention generates error test data from tables in the software and creates a test data table. The invention then uses the test data table to simulate primitive errors in the device through hardware or software means. Finally, the invention ensures that the client has received the correct error messages from the software or device driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Daniel Hitchcock, Lee Patrick Prissel
  • Apparatus and method for self generating error simulation test data from production code
    Patent number: 6243833
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically testing device drivers is disclosed. The invention is applicable to any system wherein software or a device driver receives primitive errors from a device and reports high level errors to a client. The invention generates error test data from tables in the software and creates a test data table. The invention then uses the test data table to simulate primitive errors in the device through hardware or software means. Finally, the invention ensures that the client has received the correct error messages from the software or device driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Daniel Hitchcock, Lee Patrick Prissel